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for·ty

forty

 
pronunciation:
for ti
parts of speech:
noun, adjective
part of speech: noun
inflections: forties
definition 1: the number represented by the Arabic numeral 40 and by the Roman numeral XL.
 
definition 2: the product of multiplying ten times four.
definition 3: (pl.) the period of years from 1940 through 1949.
definition 4: (pl.) the period of one's life from age forty through age forty-nine.
 
part of speech: adjective
definition: being forty in number.