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FORTIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life between 40 and 50
Synonyms:
forties; mid-forties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("forties" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("forties" is a part of...):
adulthood; maturity (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The decade from 1940 to 1949
Synonyms:
1940s; forties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("forties" is a kind of...):
decade; decennary; decennium (a period of 10 years)
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