forty-two
Definition
- Adjective:
- Being two more than forty: The number that is exactly two units greater than forty. It is the cardinal number 42.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is forty-two.
- She collected forty-two seashells on the beach.
Advanced Usage
- As a determiner: Used to specify a quantity of exactly 42 items.
- I need forty-two copies of this report.
- In mathematical contexts: Used to denote the integer 42, often in equations or sequences.
- The solution to the equation is x = forty-two.
Variants and Related Words
- 42 (numeral): The Arabic numeral representation of the word "forty-two".
- XLII (Roman numeral): The Roman numeral representation for forty-two.
- Two score and two (archaic/numeric phrase): An older or poetic way of expressing the number forty-two.
Synonyms
- 42 (numeral): The numeric symbol.
- Two more than forty (descriptive phrase): A literal description of its value.
Related Phrases
- Forty-two percent: A percentage equivalent to 42 out of 100.
- Forty-two percent of the respondents agreed.
- Forty-two years old: Describing an age.
- He is forty-two years old.
Adjective
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being two more than forty
