Forties vs. Thirties
Difference Between Forties and Thirties
Forties➦
The cardinal number equal to 4 × 10.
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Thirties➦
The cardinal number equal to 3 × 10.
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Forties➦
A decade or the numbers from 40 to 49
They stopped smoking in their forties. At night the temperature fell into the forties.
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Thirties➦
A decade or the numbers from 30 to 39
They settled down in their thirties. The temperature fell into the thirties.
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Forties➦
often Forties The decade from 40 to 49 in a century.
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Thirties➦
often Thirties The decade from 30 to 39 in a century.
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Forties➦
plural of forty
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Thirties➦
An indication of the end of a news story, usually written 30.
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Forties➦
The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.
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Thirties➦
(Sports) The second point that is scored by one side in tennis.
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Forties➦
The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
They're both in their forties.
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Thirties➦
plural of thirty
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Forties➦
The range between 40 and 49.
What to wear when the weather is in the forties really depends on whether you're talking fahrenheit or celsius.
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Thirties➦
A decade starting with the year xx30, most usually the decade from 1930 to 1939.
It says here on your resume that your last job was as a streetcorner apple vendor―that's quite a thirties profession!
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Forties➦
From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).
Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens.
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Thirties➦
The decade of one's life from age 30 through age 39.
He looked to be in his thirties.
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Forties➦
See Forty.
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Thirties➦
The range between 30 and 39.
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Forties➦
the time of life between 40 and 50
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Thirties➦
From or evoking the 31st through 40th years of a century (chiefly the 1930s).
Yearslong droughts? How thirties!
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Forties➦
the decade from 1940 to 1949
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Thirties➦
the time of life between 30 and 40
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Thirties➦
the decade from 1930 to 1939
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