Forty
noun
The number that is equal to four times ten.
I have forty dollars in my wallet.
Often appears as...
- forty dollars
- forty percent
adjective
Amounting to forty in number.
I have forty apples.
Often appears as...
- forty people
- forty items
noun
A symbol for the number forty, such as 40 or XL.
The Roman numeral for forty is XL
Often appears as...
- write forty
- number forty
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The number that is equal to four times ten.
I have forty dollars in my wallet.
Often appears as...
- forty dollars
- forty percent
adjective
Amounting to forty in number.
I have forty apples.
Often appears as...
- forty people
- forty items
noun
A symbol for the number forty, such as 40 or XL.
The Roman numeral for forty is XL
Often appears as...
- write forty
- number forty
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Cultural Significance
Forty often appears in religious texts to signify a period of trial or judgment, like the Biblical forty days and nights of rain.
They walked through the desert for forty years.
Pro Tip 2/2Metric Milestone
In many cultures, turning forty is a landmark age, symbolizing maturity and wisdom.
He threw a big party for his fortieth birthday.
Pro Tip 1/2Cultural Significance
Forty often appears in religious texts to signify a period of trial or judgment, like the Biblical forty days and nights of rain.
They walked through the desert for forty years.
Pro Tip 2/2Metric Milestone
In many cultures, turning forty is a landmark age, symbolizing maturity and wisdom.
He threw a big party for his fortieth birthday.
Pro Tip 1/2Cultural Significance
Forty often appears in religious texts to signify a period of trial or judgment, like the Biblical forty days and nights of rain.
They walked through the desert for forty years.
Pro Tip 2/2Metric Milestone
In many cultures, turning forty is a landmark age, symbolizing maturity and wisdom.
He threw a big party for his fortieth birthday.
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Paul Nicklen: Emperors...
so clear you could watch the whole show go on thirty to forty feet deep they're milling around and they're looking up and they're constantly sending out like work parties to go look under the ice looking for leopard seals and once they're sure the coast is clear they start to exit one by one and look at that jet stream of air coming off
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Are you challenging...
Orient's them thanks dad but it's not the times that's most important to me or my place it's that I have a license to inspire other people to do the impossible I believe our children will discover the depth of their capacity when we challenge them to do the impossible one hundred and forty point six is just a
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
help me on the economics of this so what what do you picture the cost of one of these being well i think the cost is actually not going to be uh crazy high like less than a car yeah but but think about the economics of this if you can replace a thirty thousand dollar forty thousand
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The Con Artist Handbook...
hour Ben has made a hundred and forty five dollars selling his miracle product I'm sold what about you would you spend some of your hard earned cash to become better connected with the earth now as some of you might have suspected Ben is no world travelling guru his travels
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How to Measure Happiness...
World poll tries to estimate how happy people are in a hundred and forty countries around the world where do they even start frequency of smiley face emojis number of hugs given per day we actually start by asking a few simple questions first researchers ask people
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Did you know there's a...
in tables humans to rates that other species and animals aren't entitled to with thousands of hours of footage collected over forty four years does Project Coco finally prove that animals can communicate with humans and even share their deep thoughts and feelings
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The mysterious workings...
school in their early adolescence they had no choice and that still the case for many many teenagers around the world today forty percent of teenagers don't have access to secondary school education and yet this is a period of
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Enric Sala: Journey to...
silent for four hours the bait is attracting marine life and then after four hours the lights and the camera turn on and then that's when the fun part starts like we see things like this deep sharks at forty mile reef we saw
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A blueprint for...
gap that we observed today so if we start with the moment and the immediate aftermath of the civil war where the formerly enslaved were promised forty acre land allotments the minimum estimate of what that that amount of
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Why Dogs Stick Their...
they use it to unravel stories about the world around the bush predictably most are about food forty times more of their brain than
Video examples
Paul Nicklen: Emperors...
so clear you could watch the whole show go on thirty to forty feet deep they're milling around and they're looking up and they're constantly sending out like work parties to go look under the ice looking for leopard seals and once they're sure the coast is clear they start to exit one by one and look at that jet stream of air coming off
Video examples
Are you challenging...
Orient's them thanks dad but it's not the times that's most important to me or my place it's that I have a license to inspire other people to do the impossible I believe our children will discover the depth of their capacity when we challenge them to do the impossible one hundred and forty point six is just a
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
help me on the economics of this so what what do you picture the cost of one of these being well i think the cost is actually not going to be uh crazy high like less than a car yeah but but think about the economics of this if you can replace a thirty thousand dollar forty thousand
Video examples
The Con Artist Handbook...
hour Ben has made a hundred and forty five dollars selling his miracle product I'm sold what about you would you spend some of your hard earned cash to become better connected with the earth now as some of you might have suspected Ben is no world travelling guru his travels
Video examples
How to Measure Happiness...
World poll tries to estimate how happy people are in a hundred and forty countries around the world where do they even start frequency of smiley face emojis number of hugs given per day we actually start by asking a few simple questions first researchers ask people
Video examples
Did you know there's a...
in tables humans to rates that other species and animals aren't entitled to with thousands of hours of footage collected over forty four years does Project Coco finally prove that animals can communicate with humans and even share their deep thoughts and feelings
Video examples
The mysterious workings...
school in their early adolescence they had no choice and that still the case for many many teenagers around the world today forty percent of teenagers don't have access to secondary school education and yet this is a period of
Video examples
Enric Sala: Journey to...
silent for four hours the bait is attracting marine life and then after four hours the lights and the camera turn on and then that's when the fun part starts like we see things like this deep sharks at forty mile reef we saw
Video examples
A blueprint for...
gap that we observed today so if we start with the moment and the immediate aftermath of the civil war where the formerly enslaved were promised forty acre land allotments the minimum estimate of what that that amount of
Video examples
Why Dogs Stick Their...
they use it to unravel stories about the world around the bush predictably most are about food forty times more of their brain than
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Quote examples
Kurt Fuller
American Actor
I didn't get married until I was forty because I wanted to be stable when I got married. I think I just avoided my first marriage and went right to the second. It's sort of how I see it. When you're young, just trying to make it, and trying to find your way in the world, and figure things out... being married is not easy.
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Fred Saberhagen
American Author
The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and who actually credit the book with helping them through a bad time. It's happened a few times in forty years.
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Patrick Macnee
British Actor
The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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Joan Cusack
American Actress
I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.
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Nancy Johnson
American Politician
I mean, one shot you treat like you have forty little matches instead of one forty shot match. It makes all the difference in the world. It's easier to just forget about a not so good shot.
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Sheila Heti
Canadian Writer
I wished to have the time to put together a world view, but there was never enough time, and also, those who had it seemed to have had it from a very young age; they didn't begin at forty.
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Peter Benchley
American Author
Since writing JAWS, I've been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while.
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Red Cloud
Sioux Statesman
Even if you live forty or fifty years in this world, and then die, you cannot take all your goods with you.
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Bob Hope
American Comedian
She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.
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Edward Young
English Poet
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
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Kurt Fuller
American Actor
I didn't get married until I was forty because I wanted to be stable when I got married. I think I just avoided my first marriage and went right to the second. It's sort of how I see it. When you're young, just trying to make it, and trying to find your way in the world, and figure things out... being married is not easy.
Quote examples
Fred Saberhagen
American Author
The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and who actually credit the book with helping them through a bad time. It's happened a few times in forty years.
Quote examples
Patrick Macnee
British Actor
The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
Quote examples
Joan Cusack
American Actress
I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.
Quote examples
Nancy Johnson
American Politician
I mean, one shot you treat like you have forty little matches instead of one forty shot match. It makes all the difference in the world. It's easier to just forget about a not so good shot.
Quote examples
Sheila Heti
Canadian Writer
I wished to have the time to put together a world view, but there was never enough time, and also, those who had it seemed to have had it from a very young age; they didn't begin at forty.
Quote examples
Peter Benchley
American Author
Since writing JAWS, I've been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while.
Quote examples
Red Cloud
Sioux Statesman
Even if you live forty or fifty years in this world, and then die, you cannot take all your goods with you.
Quote examples
Bob Hope
American Comedian
She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.
Quote examples
Edward Young
English Poet
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
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