forty-second
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- adjective
- /ˈfɔrtiˈsɛkənd/
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cuadragésimo segundo
- On the Index of Economic Freedom, Oman is ranked third freest among the seventeen countries in the Middle East/North Africa region; its economy overall is ranked forty-second freest in the world, reflecting a score higher than the regional average.
- the forty-second birthday
- the forty-second president
Examples
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It was called simply the forty-second kilometer station.
Fiction book (1995) -
God only knew when the next train stopped at the forty-second kilometer station.
Fiction book (1995) -
This was the forty-second headquarters they had gone through in the nearly one hundred years of their existence, and it certainly wouldn't be the last.
Fiction book (1998) -
He'd come forty-second out of forty three at the Moscow Flight School.
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This sketch of a sometimes dysfunctional childhood of the man who became the forty-second president of the United States provides insight into his subsequent spiritual and political formation.
Academic text (1996) -
The actor won the award for his role in the forty-second season of the popular television series.
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During the race, she finished in forty-second place, just missing the top forty.
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At the forty-second annual meeting, the committee discussed important changes for the upcoming year.
Synonyms
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After the forty-first in a list or order
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word forty-second is simply the number forty plus second, where second means 'the one after the first', as in 'second place' or 'a second' of time. So, forty-second means 'coming after the forty-first'.