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Forties
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noun plural.
See
forty
.
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noun.
Plural form of
forty
.
noun.
The
decade
of the 1840s,
1940s
, etc.
noun.
The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
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noun.
the decade from 1940 to 1949
noun.
the time of life between 40 and 50
Word Usage
"A woman in her forties is a victim of a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem market."
cross-reference
quadragenarian
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
decade
decennary
decennium
time of life
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
sorties
variant
forty