forty-eight

Speech parts

1. forty-eight - Noun

2. forty-eight - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

being eight more than forty

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

xlviii 48 cardinal with were eights four dozen six times eight 40 plus 8 three times 16 eight and 40 eight more than forty four times 12

Antonyms

nevertheless despite notwithstanding even though despite of apropos of nothing

Examples

There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight. Ezra Pound

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. H. L. Mencken

He was a powerless tool in the hands of Himmler, of whom he was afraid, and by whom he was treated poorly. Himmler insulted Pancke like a schoolboy. Pancke was about forty-eight to fifty years old, came from northern Germany. Günther Pancke

I'm numb and I'm tired. Too much has happened today. I feel as if I'd been out in a pounding rain for forty-eight hours without an umbrella or a coat. I'm soaked to the skin with emotion. Ray Bradbury

If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight. Margaret Thatcher

I was like a sex slave to this man. I could make love for forty-eight hours, forty-eight hours, without getting tired. But the minute he left me alone, I felt so empty and lost that I would start popping pills. Edie Sedgwick

Close letter words and terms

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