What does forties mean?
Forties means plural of forty.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
plural of forty.
My ma was born in the forties and my pa was born in the seventies.
They're both in their forties.
Albrecht Lein reports that the core of the Braunschweig Antifa was made up of KPD and SPD members in their forties and fifties who had avoided the front, though Catholic workers’ organizations and other forces were also involved.
What to wear when the weather is in the forties really depends on whether you're talking fahrenheit or celsius.
Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens.
Like any big modern city, Scott's Los Angeles of 2019 is saturated with technologies; in fact, it is most striking for its layering of technologies, styles, lifestyles and ethnicities, which range from oriental peasant altars and cookfires through forties hats and building facades to off-world colonies and androids.
Use forties when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forties means plural of forty.
Common synonyms include '40s, 40s, mid-forties.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My ma was born in the forties and my pa was born in the seventies.
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