English Explanatory Dictionary

forties

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of forty
noun
  1. The fifth decade of a century: the 1840s, 1940s, 2040s, etc.
  2. The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
  3. The range between 40 and 49.
adj
  1. From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).
name
  1. A sea area, in the northern part of the North Sea, where the depth of water is consistently forty fathoms

Word forms

forties 'forties 1940s '40s 40s

Etymology

From forties, due to the dpth of the area.

Synonyms

'40s 40s Long Forties

Related words

quadragenarian 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's zeros zeroes aughts noughties oughts · oneties tens teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties

Derived words

Hungry Forties roaring forties
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