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40s

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
40s
IPA
1
Scrabble Score
1
Letters
1
Syllables
1
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The decade of the 1940s.

Uncountable

noun

A range of the numbers forty (40) to forty-nine (49).

Uncountable

noun

plural of 40 (“bottle of beer”)

noun

The small subunit of the eukaryotic 80S ribosomes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Abbreviated form of 1940s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

'40s (alternative) 40's (alternative)

Phrases

1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

1940s forties

Questions

What does 40s mean?
The decade of the 1940s.
Where does 40s come from?
Abbreviated form of 1940s.

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