Forties
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Forties is a noun meaning plural of forty.
Meaning
plural of forty.
More Meanings
- The fifth decade of a century: the 1840s, 1940s, 2040s, etc.
- The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
- (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 40 and 49.
- From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).
Example Sentences
They're both in their forties.
My ma was born in the forties and my pa was born in the seventies.
Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens.
What to wear when the weather is in the forties really depends on whether you're talking fahrenheit or celsius.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include midlife, wartime, middle-age, maturity, prime, adulthood.
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