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Forty plus two; the cardinal number following forty-one and preceding forty-three..
"Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?" "I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
Use forty-two when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forty-two means Forty plus two; the cardinal number following forty-one and preceding forty-three..
Common synonyms include 42, XLII.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?" "I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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