fortieth

«fortieth» in Mova's school dictionary: Coming as number 40 in a row or order — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

ordinal number, adjective (fortieth); noun (a fortieth, fortieths)

meaning for a pupil

1) Coming as number 40 in a row or order. tree →

2) (maths) One of forty equal parts of something, written 1/40. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths it is the ordinal of 40 and a fraction: one fortieth = 1/40 = 0.025. In family life it is used for birthdays and anniversaries: «Mum's fortieth». Phrases: fortieth birthday, fortieth anniversary, one fortieth.

examples

• We had a surprise party for Mum's fortieth birthday. tree →
• He finished fortieth in the cross-country race. tree →
• One fortieth of 80 is 2. tree →
• Our town is having its fortieth summer fair. tree →
• The fortieth day after Easter is when Christians remember Jesus going up to heaven. tree →
• Four fortieths equal one tenth. tree →

note

Short form: 40th. Spelling trap: forty and fortieth have NO u (not «fourty»). Three syllables: FOR-tee-eth. As a fraction 1/40: divide by 40.

In the corpora

• And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fortieth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.