forties
pronunciation
How to pronounce forties in British English:
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- Noun:
- the time of life between 40 and 50
- the decade from 1940 to 1949
Word Origin
- forties (n.)
- 1843 as the years of someone's life between 40 and 49; from 1840 as the fifth decade of years in a given century. See forty. Also a designation applied in various places and times to certain oligarchies, ruling classes, or governing bodies. It is well known that society in the island [Guernsey] is, or perhaps we ought to say, for many years was, divided into two sets, called respectively the Sixties and the Forties, the former composed of the old families and those allied to them, the latter of families of newly-acquired wealth and position. ["The Dublin Review," October 1877] Roaring Forties are rough parts of the ocean between 40 and 50 degrees latitude.
Example
- 1. Jonsdottir who is in her forties with long brown hair and bangs was wearing a short black skirt and a black t-shirt with skulls printed on it .
- 2. When today 's teenagers are in their forties , there is no reason why they shouldn 't decide to enjoy their increased prosperity by working less instead of earning more .
- 3. He also had served in the united states senate and house of representatives . He became an officer in the army during america 's war with mexico in the late eighteen forties .
- 4. The anti-christ will be a man in his forties , he will be of muslim descent , people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace , he will not have any male descendants to pass on his name , he will be an unknown man that rises to power ......
- 5. As an ordinary civil servant , he has had an official career for nearly 20 years . He is in his forties now , but still works as an senior staff member . Although he is entitled as a deputy director , he does things that should be done by common staffs .