# fortieth

Pronunciation: US say "FOR-tee-uhth" /ˈfɔɹ.ti.əθ/; UK say "FAW-tee-uhth" /ˈfɔː.ti.əθ/

## Adjective

1. Coming at position number forty in a sequence; the ordinal that corresponds to the number forty.
   - Simple: Coming right after the thirty-ninth in a counted order.
   - _The company celebrated its fortieth year in business with a big party._
   - _She was reading the fortieth chapter when the power went out._

## Noun

2. The person or thing occupying position number forty in a sequence.
   - Simple: The one that comes at number forty in a counted order.
   - _Out of hundreds of runners, she finished as the fortieth across the line._
   - _His application was the fortieth received, so he expected a long wait._
3. Any one of forty equal parts into which a whole is divided.
   - Simple: One of forty equal parts of something.
   - _The estate was split so finely that each heir received only a fortieth of it._
   - _One fortieth of a meter is just under an inch._

## Origin

From an earlier form "fourteth", from Middle English "fourtithe", "fourtiþe"; equivalent to "forty" plus the suffix "-eth".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fortieth (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).