Definitions for fortieths

fortieths for·ti·eth

Spelling: [fawr-tee-ith]
IPA: /ˈfɔr ti ɪθ/

Fortieths is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 447 anagrams from letters in fortieths (efhiorstt).

Definitions for fortieths

noun

  1. a fortieth part, especially of one (1/40).
  2. the fortieth member of a series.

adjective

  1. next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
  2. being one of 40 equal parts.

Origin of fortieths

before 1100; Middle English fourtithe, Old English fēowertigotha. See forty, -eth2

Examples for fortieths

Dryden and Scott were not known as authors until each was in his fortieth year.

Now, with his fortieth birthday approaching, he decided it was time to retire.

To be exact he did not go the length of the block between Thirty-ninth and fortieth.

I told him the fortieth, and that I had been one of the forlorn hope.

The fortieth brought me to a doorway, through which I turned.

His children are pensioned into the third and fourth and fortieth generation.

At fortieth Street he looked down to the middle of the block.

But these fellows of the fortieth were not so easily fooled.

It was not until about his fortieth year that he found his true direction.

Dr. and Mrs. Burton just celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary.

Word Value for fortieths
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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