forty-three
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- numeral
- /ˈfɔrti θri/
- There are forty-three students in my class this year.
- forty-three percent
- forty-three countries
- forty-three patients
Examples
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The race will start in exactly forty-three minutes.
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Today there are 156 national forests, spread over forty-three states and Puerto Rico.
Academic text (1991) -
From my mother, the last time I saw her was forty-three years ago.
Fiction book (1990) -
For back pay and loss of benefits... one hundred forty-three thousand dollars.
Fiction book (1993) -
Forty-three seconds, and then the rest of your lives.
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There are, at last count, no less than forty-three U.S. government agencies involved in counternarcotics.
Academic text (2000) -
But I've heard that turning forty-three is worse than turning forty.
Fiction book (1998) -
Method Sample: Forty-three healthy Brazilian infants ages 5, 11, and 19 months took part in the study.
Academic text (2015) -
Well, how about I give you forty-three bucks for it?" Miranda tried to act blase.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the 2002 mid-term elections, the Senate was lost to right-wing control by forty-three thousand votes.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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A Roman numeral for the number 43
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Forty-three is simply the number forty plus three, and the name literally means 'four tens and three', so a helpful way to remember it is to imagine four groups of ten and then three more.