fortieth

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fortieth

fortieth [ordinal number]
US /ˈfɔr·t̬i·əθ/ 
Example: 

her fortieth birthday

40th written as a word

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

her fortieth birthday

Oxford Essential Dictionary

fortieth

 number form of forty

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

fortieth

 

 See main entry: forty

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fortieth

 

I. for·ti·eth [fortieth fortieths]   [ˈfɔːtiəθ]  ;   [ˈfɔːrtiəθ] 

»  forty

II. fortieth [fortieth fortieths]   [ˈfɔːtiəθ]  ;   [ˈfɔːrtiəθ]  ordinal number, noun  There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth.

Main entry: fortyderived

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

fortieth / ˈfɔː.ti.əθ /   / ˈfɔːr.t̬i- / ordinal number

40th written as a word

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

fortieth

[fɔ͟ː(r)tiəθ]
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 ORD

 The fortieth item in a series is the one that you count as number forty.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

forty

 

for·ty /ˈfoɚti/ noun, pl for·ties
1 [count] : the number 40
2 forties [plural]
a : the numbers ranging from 40 to 49
• The temperature outside is in the high forties.
b : a set of years ending in digits ranging from 40 to 49
• She is in her forties.
• She found some old record albums from the forties. [=from 1940–1949]
- for·ti·eth /ˈfoɚtijəɵ/ noun, pl -eths [count]
• one fortieth of the total
- fortieth adj
• his fortieth birthday
- forty adj
forty days
- forty pronoun
forty of her classmates
- for·ty·ish /ˈfoɚtijɪʃ/ adj
• He was tall, fortyish [=about 40 years old], and had glasses and brown hair.

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