forty

/'fɔ:ti/

Thân thiện

A child counts forty colorful marbles on the floor.

Definition

1. Cardinal Number (Noun):

   • The number equal to ten times four; the number following thirty-nine and preceding forty-one. It is represented by the symbols 40 or XL.
   • A set or group with forty members.

2. Adjective:

   • Amounting to forty in number.
   • Being ten more than thirty.

Usage and Examples

• As a Cardinal Number (Noun):

  • The recipe calls for forty grams of sugar.
  • She celebrated her fortyth birthday last week.
  • A group of forty students attended the lecture.

• As an Adjective:

  • He has forty books on the shelf.
  • The journey took forty days.
  • There are forty chapters in the novel.

Advanced Usage

• "The forties" (plural noun): Refers to the decade of years from 1940 to 1949, or to the period of a person's life from age 40 to 49.
  • My grandmother was born in the forties.
  • He is in his early forties.
• "Forty winks" (idiomatic noun phrase): A short nap or light sleep.
  • I'm just going to catch forty winks before we go out.

Variants and Related Words

• Fortieth (Adjective & Noun): Constituting number forty in a sequence; the ordinal form of forty.
  • This is the fortieth anniversary of the event.
  • She finished in fortieth place.
• Forty-something (Adjective & Noun, informal): An unspecified age between 40 and 49, or a person of that age.
  • A forty-something professional.

Synonyms

• Cardinal Number: Four tens, 40, XL.
• Adjective: Four times ten, ten more than thirty.

Idioms and Fixed Phrases

• Forty winks: A brief sleep or nap.
  • He always has forty winks after lunch.
• Life begins at forty: A proverb suggesting that middle age can be a time of new opportunities and enjoyment.
• To be forty (years old): To have lived for four decades.
  • She will be forty next month.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being ten more than thirty

Noun

1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

Từ đồng nghĩa

• 40
• xl
• twoscore
• XL