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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fortieth has 1 sense
- fortieth(n = noun.linkdef) Array - position 40 in a countable series of things; Array is a kind of rank
Adjective fortieth has 1 sense
- fortieth(s = adj.all) 40th - the ordinal number of forty in counting order; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
fortieth, a. [AS. feówertigoa. See Forty.].
- Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts. [1913 Webster]
- Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]
fortieth, n.
One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth. [1913 Webster]
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