Definitions for forty-two

forty-two for·ty-two

Spelling: [fawr-tee-too]
IPA: /ˈfɔr tiˈtu/

Forty-Two is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in forty-two (-foorttwy).

Definitions for forty-two

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 42 or XLII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. a game for two persons or two partnerships played with dominoes but based upon the rules for all fours.

adjective

  1. amounting to 42 in number.

Examples for forty-two

He cleared the water forty-two times, all in a very few minutes.

forty-two years after its debut, The Godfather casts a long shadow over American cinema.

He'd said that what he was looking for—and what he'd found—was forty-two thousand miles from Weald.

Her mother “was forty-two, and not delighted… I weighed over ten pounds and (she told me frequently) I nearly finished her off.”

forty-two year-old Tareq displayed an almost childlike need to be the smart guy in the room, the one in control.

Sedan's proportionate share of the assessment was forty-two thousand francs.

I'm forty-two and not so much of a fool that I ain't a little bit of a physician.

forty-two percent of Afghan citizens live below the poverty line [PDF].

forty-two of the 49 Tunisian women parliamentarians are members of the Islamist Ennahda party.

Lowell died in 1817, at the early age of forty-two, but his work did not die with him.

Word Value for forty-two
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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