fortieth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fortieth	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortieth adj the ordinal number of forty in counting order [syn: fortieth, 40th] n position 40 in a countable series of things
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, a. [AS. fe[a2]wertigo[?]a. See {Forty}.] 1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts. 2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, n. One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.