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forty-eight

forty-eight

24 1.0
A number that comes after forty-seven and before forty-nine
  • numeral
  • /ˌfɔrtiˈeɪt/
translation icon : cuarenta y ocho
  • This ticket is valid for forty-eight hours from purchase.
  • forty-eight percent
  • forty-eight hours
  • forty-eight years

Examples

  • You have exactly forty-eight hours.

    Blitz (2011)

  • Erleen Joiner Rogers, who lives in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, retired from teaching after forty-eight years.

    Academic text (1994)

  • - How long you been here? - Forty-eight years.

    The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

  • Same place, in forty-eight hours.

    The Shape of Water (2017)

  • You spent the last forty-eight hours studying.

    Hot Pursuit (1987)

  • It'll be shut down for the next forty-eight hours.

    Infernum (2019)

  • Forty-eight hours, you're a free woman.

    Sister Act (1992)

  • According to a recent report from the American Federation of Teachers (1996), forty-eight states are developing standards.

    Academic text (1997)

  • At the time of this visit, the younger Sewall was forty-eight years old, and his father was approximately eighty-six.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Herschel's telescope was forty-eight inches across, an unprecedented size in 1789, the year it was built.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

xlviii
vsforty-eight
1 9.1

A Roman numeral that means 48

uses the common digit or word form instead of Roman letters

Surface Forms

forty-eight cardinal word
48 cardinal digit
48th ordinal digit
forty eighth ordinal word

Morphology

forty-eight = forty + eight (transparent) = forty + eight

A direct numeral compound: knowing 'forty' and 'eight' lets a learner compute the value 48.

Etymology

The word forty-eight is simply made from forty and eight, literally 'four tens and eight', so it means 'forty plus eight' or the number 48.