forty-six
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.
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a symbol for this number, as 46 or XLVI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“Yeah, I now have forty-six followers, thank you very much.”
From Literature
The clock told Bat that Mom would be home in forty-six minutes.
From Literature
“One hundred and forty-six people, exactly the number of Monitors on each ship, is all it takes for humans to continue with enough genetic diversity in case the rest of us die.”
From Literature
But Karpov had qualified to play Bobby by winning his three Candidates matches, during which he’d played forty-six grueling games and only lost three.
From Literature
The battlefield is a mat—forty-six feet long by six feet wide.
From Literature
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