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Meaning of FORTIETH

Pronunciation:  'forteeith

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  position 40 in a countable series of things
  2. [adj]  the ordinal number of forty in counting order
 
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 Synonyms: 40th, ordinal
 
 See Also: rank

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \For"ti*eth\, a. [AS. fe['o]wertigo?a. See {Forty}.]
    1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine
       units, things, or parts.
    2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything
       is divided.
    
  2. \For"ti*eth\, n.
    One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the
    quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after
    the thirty-ninth.
    
 
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