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Word: Forty
Speech Type: Numeral
Etymology:
Old English fēowertig(see four, -ty)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfɔːti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the number equivalent to the product of four and ten; ten less than fifty; 40
Short Definition:ten less than fifty
Examples:- York was only forty miles away
- forty were arrested
- there were about thirty or forty of them
Definition:
the central North Sea between Scotland and southern Norway, so called from its prevailing depth of forty fathoms or more.
Short Definition:North Sea between Scotland and southern Norway
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