Collocations for "forty"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "forty" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
forty
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.cardinal
- the number forty
- [section, part, page] forty
- [turn to, on] page forty
- there are forty in total
- there [are, were] forty of [us, them]
- forty out of every [hundred]
- forty in every [100] of (them)
- forty or fifty (of them)
- thirty or forty (of them)
- forty plus [10] [equals, is, makes] [fifty]
- forty [minus, take away] [two] [equals] [thirty-eight]
- forty [times, multiplied by] [two] [equals] [80]
- [multiply, times, divide] it by forty
- no [more, fewer] than forty
- (they say) life starts at forty
- [a man, a woman, an individual] of (around) forty
- a [man, person, singer] in his forties
- the temperature was in the forties
- forty were [hurt, injured, displaced, lost]
- forty of them [came, left, voted, approved]
- forty [minutes, days, years]
- forty [minutes] [later, after, ago, before]
- took me forty [minutes] (to)
- is forty years old
- turned forty (years old) (today)
- will [be, turn] forty (years old) (tomorrow)
- a forty-year-old [woman, movie]
- are forty [pieces, parts, chapters]
- forty [miles, yards, feet] (away)
- forty [miles] from [home, the coast, the city center]
- [about, approximately, around, near] forty
- [wasted, spent, worth] forty thousand dollars
- [rained, fasted] for forty days and forty nights
- [sleep, get] forty winks
'forty' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):