Forties

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forties \For"ties\, n. pl.
     See {Forty}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Forty \For"ty\, n.; pl. {Forties} (-t[i^]z).
     1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
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     2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forties
       n 1: the time of life between 40 and 50 [syn: {mid-forties}]
       2: the decade from 1940 to 1949 [syn: {1940s}]