forty
Double a score
Forty is the cardinal number between thirty-nine and forty-one, written as 40.
Note the spelling—forty drops the u from four.
She turned forty last month.
Forty winks means a brief nap.
The forties refers to the decade from 40 to 49, whether in age, temperature, or century: He's in his forties.
Halfway through adulthood
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- birthdayAnnual date of origin
- agingGrowing older over time
maturity · adult · wisdom · experience · generation · transition · reinvention · settled
Number lacking fractions
- numeralSymbol denoting quantity
- evenUniform and level
- digitsSingle-place numerals
- decimalTenths-based notation
counting · cardinal · ordinal · quadragenarian · multiplication · arithmetic · sum · percentage
Deliberate one-eye closures
Twenty-four-hour spans
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- LentenOf the pre-Easter season
abstinence · penance · repentance · Easter · sacrifice · prayer · devotion · Jesus
Precious red gemstone
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
commemoration · marriage · years · toast · renewal · vows · decades · partnership
Pennsylvania battle site
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- speechOral communication ability
- addressSpeak to formally
- orationFormal public speech
archaic · measurement · tally · reckoning · historical
midlife
Halfway through adulthood
aging · maturity · adult · wisdom · experience · generation · transition · reinvention · settled · middle-aged
integer
Number lacking fractions
decimal · counting · cardinal · ordinal · quadragenarian · multiplication · arithmetic · sum · percentage · quantity
winks
Deliberate one-eye closures
days
Twenty-four-hour spans
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
Lenten · abstinence · penance · repentance · Easter · sacrifice · prayer · devotion · Jesus · desert
ruby
Precious red gemstone
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
jubilee · commemoration · marriage · years · toast · renewal · vows · decades · partnership · tradition
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania battle site
oration · archaic · measurement · tally · reckoning · historical
- numbersone, two, three, 0, five
- milestone agessweet sixteen, quinceanera, first birthday, sixteen, eighteen
- Sacred Numberssacred numbers, three, angel numbers, seven, one
- tennisace, serve, forehand, backhand, volley
- beer vesselspint glass, mug, stein, goblet, snifter
- drink measuresshot, pint, jigger, ounce, double
- for saleAvailable for buying
- look forTry to find
- looking forTrying to find
- for exampleIntroducing an instance
- for nowAt this time
- go for itEncouragement to attempt
for, fortnight, forties, forty-one, fortieth, forty-two, fortyish, forty winks, forty-second