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Middle age, or a phonetic hint to the starred answers and their layout
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forties
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Word definitions for forties in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.\n\nIt is well ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forties \For"ties\, n. pl. See Forty .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (plural of forty English)Category:English plurals 2 The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc. 3 The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49. n. 1 (plural of forty English)Category:English plurals 2 The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc. 3 The decade ...
Usage examples of forties.
Twenty years ago, when Scofield was in his late forties, he had taken a page from Howard Hughes and disappeared from the public eye.
The bearer of bad news was a colonel in his forties, a no-nonsense type who strode across the deck to greet the captain of the ship, who passed him along to the Carrier Air Group commander.
A chain-smoker, prematurely gray, he was in his early forties, a graduate of the University of Chicago with advanced work in Vienna and Rome and solid experience as an Air Force psychologist at Colorado Springs.
He was in his late forties, with thick curly black hair and a slightly rounded face to which a smile came easily.