Fortieth

3 definitions found

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

  Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, a. [AS. fe['o]wertigo?a. See {Forty}.]
     1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine
        units, things, or parts.
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     2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything


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

  Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, n.
     One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the
     quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after
     the thirty-ninth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fortieth
       adj : the ordinal number of forty in counting order [syn: {40th}]
       n : position 40 in a countable series of things