Forties

Noun

Definitions

1.Nounplural of forty

2.NounThe fifth decade of a century: the 1840s, 1940s, 2040s, etc.

"My ma was born in the forties and my pa was born in the seventies."

3.NounThe decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.

"They're both in their forties."

4.NounThe range between 40 and 49.

"What to wear when the weather is in the forties really depends on whether you're talking fahrenheit or celsius."

5.AdjectiveFrom or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).

"Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens."

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