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4️⃣ The number 47 4️⃣ The number 47
forty-seven

forty-seven

142 1.0
Having a value that is seven more than forty
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɔrtiˌsɛvən/
: cuarenta y siete
  • At forty-seven years old, she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of traveling the world.
  • forty-seven-year
  • forty-seven-year-old
  • forty-seven minutes

Examples

  • The forty-seven students in the class participated in the science fair.

  • It was forty-seven below when I left Alberta.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Forty-seven rooms is just too small.

    Off Beat (1986)

  • He was going to be forty-seven soon.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Dr. Yoshida, at forty-seven, was the Grand Old Woman of comparative biology.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • It is true he is forty-seven, but his father married his fifth wife when he was in his sixties.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Face blotched, bags under her eyes, broken lip, but she wasn't all that old—forty-seven—

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Forty-seven percent of the students surveyed indicated that they have math five days a week, and sixty-five percent of them said that it takes them longer to complete their math homework than any of the core academic areas.

    Academic text (2010)

  • He celebrated his forty-seventh birthday with a big party.

Synonyms

xlvii
vsforty-seven
1 8.5

A Roman numeral for the number 47

is the common word form used when speaking or writing numbers

Surface Forms

forty-seven positive

Morphology

forty-seven = forty + seven (transparent) = forty + seven

The meaning is a straightforward compound numeral formed by combining 40 and 7 to make 47.

Etymology

Forty-seven comes from two simple number words: forty ('four tens') and seven. It literally means 'four tens plus seven', which is why we use it to describe something that is number 47, for example a forty-seventh birthday.