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forties
noun
the
period
of
a
person
’
s
life
between
the
ages
of
40
and
49
,
or
the
decade
from
1940
to
1949
•
My
dad
is
in
his
forties
but
still
plays
basketball
every
weekend
.
My
dad
is
in
his
forties
but
still
plays
basketball
every
weekend
.
•
The
singer
released
her
biggest
hit
in
her
early
forties
.
The
singer
released
her
biggest
hit
in
her
early
forties
.
Derived
from
forty
+
-s
,
forming
a
plural
or
collective
sense
for
ages
and
decades
.
forty
adjective
-
forty
,
forties
the
number
that
is
equal
to
four
tens
(
40
)
•
There
are
forty
students
in
our
class
.
There
are
forty
students
in
our
class
.
•
She
baked
forty
cookies
for
the
school
fundraiser
.
She
baked
forty
cookies
for
the
school
fundraiser
.
From
Old
English
feowertig
(“
forty
”),
from
feower
(“
four
”)
+
-tig
(“
group
of
ten
”).
noun
-
forty
,
forties
(
slang
)
a
40-ounce
bottle
of
beer
or
malt
liquor
•
He
grabbed
a
cold
forty
from
the
corner
store
before
the
game
.
He
grabbed
a
cold
forty
from
the
corner
store
before
the
game
.
•
They
shared
a
forty
while
listening
to
music
on
the
porch
.
They
shared
a
forty
while
listening
to
music
on
the
porch
.
Shortened
from
“
40-ounce
,”
referring
to
the
bottle
’
s
volume
measurement
.
