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forty-seven

forty-seven

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A number that is seven more than forty
  • numeral
  • /ˈfɔrtiˌsɛvən/
: cuarenta y siete
  • After forty-seven attempts, she finally solved the puzzle.
  • Forty-seven percent
  • forty-seven dollars
  • forty-seven years

Examples

  • I've been on this quest for forty-seven years, ever since my sixteenth birthday.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I passed forty-seven pieces just climbing up to my apartment from the front door.

    Academic text (2010)

  • One, Blake has been a loyal subject of the king for all of his forty-seven years.

    Academic text (1994)

  • You look great," I added, expecting to see a shell of a woman, not this healthy forty-seven-year-old.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The national average LCV score for the House was forty-seven percent.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Namsifueli, who was about forty-seven years old when I met her, was born and raised in Kileti.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The HIV epidemic has reduced life expectancy among this region's people from sixty-two to forty-seven years.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Six pounds and forty-seven pence lay strewn over my bed in pence and silver.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • One hundred seventy-nine Democrats (forty-seven percent) were reelected, along with one Independent.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The combined age of my parents is forty-seven years.

Synonyms

xlvii
vsforty-seven
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A Roman numeral for the number 47

is the identical number shown in Arabic numerals and digits

Surface Forms

forty-seven cardinal word
47 cardinal digit
forty seven cardinal word

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 number words: forty ('four tens') and seven. It literally means 'four tens plus seven', so it is the number 47 when you count.