forty-two

[ fawr-tee-too ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 2.
2. a symbol for this number, as 42 or XLII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. a game for two persons or two partnerships played with dominoes but based upon the rules for all fours.

adjective

1. amounting to 42 in number.

Example Sentences

Outside the train station they hopped on the number forty-two bus to get to their hotel.

From Literature

I didn’t even mention the forty-two thousand old oil paintings of stuffy dead guys with fur collars no one cared about.

From Literature

The commander of the front himself sent a telegram to the regiment, congratulating the two pilots on their fearlessness and airmanship: they had turned away forty-two enemy bombers, and shot down four of them.

From Literature

Next stop is the art room, where we divvy up these forty-two precious names and transfer them onto strips of colored paper, to be formed into loops and added to the chain.

From Literature

Roosevelt, who was only forty-two years old, became the youngest president in the nation’s history.

From Literature