forty

«forty» in Mova's school dictionary: the number 40, four tens — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

number (forty, 40)

meaning for a pupil

Forty is the number 40, four tens. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a number word that gives a quantity; 40 = 4 × 10 = 5 × 8; forty minutes, forty pages; everyday life: forty winks means a short nap

examples

• There are forty pupils in the hall. tree →
• A box holds forty pencils. tree →
• He ran forty metres. tree →
• Forty minus twelve is twenty-eight. tree →
• The lesson lasts forty minutes. tree →
• Forty is double twenty. tree →
• Grandpa took forty winks after lunch. tree →
• "Six, eight, ten--twenty, forty," said he. tree →

note

Read it as the number 40. Trap: spelled «forty», not «fourty»; do not confuse with fourteen (14).

Trees and pragmatics

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