Fortieth

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  • noun. The ordinal number matching the number 40 in a series.
  • noun. One of 40 equal parts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Next after the thirty-ninth: an ordinal numeral.
  • noun. The quotient of unity divided by forty; one of forty equal parts into which something is divided.
  • noun. In early English law, one fortieth part of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts.
  • adjective. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.
  • noun. One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. The ordinal form of the number forty.
  • noun. The person or thing in the fortieth position.
  • noun. One of forty equal parts of a whole.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. the ordinal number of forty in counting order
  • noun. position 40 in a countable series of things
  • Word Usage
    ""This is the measure of the Truma" (or, of the oblation yielded to the priests), A good eye yieldeth one out of forty; that is, the fortieth part."
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