Meaning & use
forties
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The range of numbers, years, or age from forty to forty-nine.
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She's in her forties and just started a new career.
Temperatures dipped into the forties overnight.
A note on using this word
Capitalized as "the Forties," the word can also refer specifically to the 1940s decade.
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