44
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Being four more than forty: The word "44" is a numeral adjective that represents the cardinal number forty-four. It denotes a quantity that is exactly four units greater than forty.
Usage
- As a determiner/adjective: "44" is used to specify a count or quantity of exactly forty-four items, years, people, etc.
- The recipe calls for 44 chocolate chips.
- She celebrated her 44th birthday.
Advanced Usage
- In sequences and labels: The number can be used to identify position, order, or a specific item in a series.
- He lives at apartment 44.
- Please turn to page 44 in your textbook.
Variants and Related Words
- Forty-four (adj, n): The word form of the numeral.
- Forty-four students attended the lecture.
- XLIV (adj): The Roman numeral equivalent.
- Chapter XLIV
- 44th (adj): The ordinal number form, meaning "coming next after the forty-third."
- This is the 44th edition of the festival.
Synonyms
- Forty-four (adj): The literal synonym in word form.
- Four dozen minus four (n phr): A descriptive phrase for the quantity (informal/mathematical).
Related Phrases
- Double four: An informal way to reference the digits (used in some contexts like dice or dominoes).
- He rolled a double four.
- On all fours: This idiom uses the word "four" but is not directly related to the number 44. It means on hands and knees.
- The baby crawled on all fours.
Adjective
- being four more than forty