forty
being ten more than thirty
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,615 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,212 times across 191,625 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- being ten more than thirty also: 40, xl, twoscore
noun
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four also: 40, XL
forty in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He looked about forty, very dark with a melancholy clean-shaven face.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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A few minutes after, the shooting began, perhaps about forty shots being fired.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Conversions were made in masses, forty thousand men being baptised at one time.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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The water was not more than forty feet beneath, and the island was getting nearer every instant.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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He was a man about forty years of age, tall, thin, already bald, and wearing his beard trimmed close.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1