Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective coming next after the thirty-ninth in position.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the ordinal number of forty in counting order
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Examples
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Ronald Reagan was a movie star, television star, the 33rd Governor of California and two-term 40th President of the United States of America.
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Virginia is celebrating the 40th anniversary with 40 free vacations, travel deals and special label 40th anniversary wine, all found by clicking on the second link below.
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Matt — kind of a hike from Bryant Park but Atomic Wings on 9th bet. 39th & 40th is supposed to be good (never tried it myself, though, and don’t know if they’re grilled)
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Also, Aceluck on 9th Ave between 39+40th is great for Thai and has a good lunch special that’s under $10.
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The Summer of Love is history now, so much so, that a clever headline writer called the 40th anniversary in the ` ` Haight '' the ` ` Summer of Love Handles. ''
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He called the 40th president of the United States -- and I'm quoting now -- "a courageous man and a gallant leader in the cause of freedom."
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The 40th was the regiment to which was assigned the place of honour in the preliminary recapture of the Exercise
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869
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I will instance but in one more, his 40th, which is this: "The knowledge of tradition's certainty is the first knowledge or principle in controversial divinity;" i.e. without which nothing is known or knowable in that science.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820
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The Summer of Love is history now, so much so that a clever headline-writer called the 40th anniversary in the "Haight" the "Summer of Love Handles."
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Michael Eavis calls the 40th anniversary "staggering"
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