40s

alternative '40s · alternative 40's

1. uncountableThe decade of the 1940s.

   Synonyms: 1940s, forties

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

   Women in their 40s were counseled to make individual decisions together with their health care provider, but there was no explicit recommendation for them to start until they turned 50.

   2024 May 8, Katia Hetter, “Mammograms are now recommended starting at age 40. Should you get one?”, in CNN

1. pluralplural of 40 (“bottle of beer”)

1. uncountablemolecular biologyThe small subunit of the eukaryotic 80S ribosomes.