FORTY-FOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forty-four mean? 

• FORTY-FOUR (adjective)
  The adjective FORTY-FOUR has 1 sense:

1. being four more than forty

  Familiarity information: FORTY-FOUR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORTY-FOUR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being four more than forty

Synonyms:

44; forty-four; xliv

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

He likewise presented me with four hundred and forty-four large pieces of gold (this nation delighting in even numbers), and a red diamond, which I sold in England for eleven hundred pounds.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

“But that is equivalent to one hundred and forty-four miles in twenty-four hours,” I added reassuringly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I could hardly believe but that I was in a dream, and that I should wake presently in number forty-four, to the solitary box in the coffee-room and the familiar waiter again.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Mr. Copperfield is at present in forty-four, sir.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Steerforth, very much amused at my having been put into forty-four, laughed again, and clapped me on the shoulder again, and invited me to breakfast with him next morning at ten o'clock—an invitation I was only too proud and happy to accept.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)