forty

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
  2. adjective being ten more than thirty

Etymology

From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.

In classic literature

Synonyms

40, XL

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