Definition of Forty-two

1. Adjective. Being two more than forty.

Exact synonyms: 42, Xlii
Similar to: Cardinal

Definition of Forty-two

1. Number. Forty plus two; the cardinal number following forty-one and preceding forty-three. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty-two

forty-nine
forty-niner
forty-ninth
forty-ninth parallel
forty-one
forty-oneth
forty-second
forty-seven
forty-seventh
forty-six
forty-sixth
forty-spot
forty-spots
forty-third
forty-three
forty-two (current term)
forty minutes of hell
forty winks
fortyfold
fortyish
fortypenny
fortysomething
fortysomethings
forum
forum non conveniens
forum shopping
forumite
forumites
forums
forwake

Literary usage of Forty-two

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1905)
"Paul B. Wreath had twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty three. Christian Saner had twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1916)
"r ABNORMAL RELATION BETWEEN LIVER AND BRAIN WEIGHTS IN forty-two CASES OF EPILEPSY ... These data were collected from forty- two cases of clinically certain ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"... four hundred and thirty-five forty-two pound solid shot ; six hundred and ninety-eight eleven- inch shell ; twenty thousand and live sixty-four pounder ..."

4. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"... at five per centum, stipulated in second article of treaty of eleventh October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars ; To the. ..."

5. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"... north seven degrees west forty-two perches and five-tenths of a perch, north forty-five degrees west seventy-four perches, north seventy- three degrees ..."

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