forty-second

[ fawr-tee-sek-uhnd ]

adjective

1. next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
2. being one of 42 equal parts.

noun

1. a forty-second part, especially of one (1/42).
2. the forty-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

When Barack Obama was campaigning for the presidency in 2007, he spoke at a ceremony in Selma commemorating the forty-second anniversary of the march to Montgomery.

From Literature

So half an hour later, when the rope-ladder had been finished and hung, and the forty-second boot had been laced neatly onto the Centipede’s forty-second foot, they were all ready to go out.

From Literature

Politico later reported that it was Hannity’s seventh interview with the President, and Fox’s forty-second.

From The New Yorker

In Puerto Rico, the trolley stops for its forty-second break.

From Literature

He gave this picture to his father for his forty-second birthday.

From Literature