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forty

Definition:

(nou) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

Phonetic Transcription:

ˈfɔːti

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The average nubile female, aged thirteen to twenty one, is two feet, ten inches high and weighs forty eight pounds.

The number forty signifies the forty years of wandering in the desert.

Grandma was the matriarch of a family of forty members.

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