forty-five
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- numeral
- /ˈfɔrti faɪv/
:
cuarenta y cinco
- There are forty-five students in my class this semester.
- forty-five minutes
- forty-five years
- forty-five percent
Examples
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Well, I'm boarding my flight in about forty-five minutes.
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A newborn is typically about forty-five inches long, 45 percent of its mother's length.
Academic text (1992) -
After all, she was going to be forty-five years old next month.
Fiction book (1996) -
There are forty-five doctors or more.
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It's only forty-five minutes from Broadway.
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The second factor was that the council took place after some forty-five years of the modern ecumenical movement.
Academic text (2013) -
At least nine local stations introduced a forty-five-minute evening newscast well before the network expansion.
Academic text (2017) -
Just remember our deal though, you promised you wouldn't get married until you're at least forty-five.
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We push in on the watches, the elapsed timer running down to forty-five minutes remaining.
Fiction book (1996) -
In 1900, Phoenix counted 5,544 inhabitants, and its population growth during the next forty-five years continued apace.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
A Roman way of writing the number 45
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Forty-five is made of forty and five, and literally means 'four tens and five', which makes it the number 45.