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Meaning of 40s | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

  1. The decade of the 1940s.
    uncountable
  2. The small subunit of the eukaryotic 80S ribosomes.
    uncountable
  3. A range of the numbers forty (40) to forty-nine (49).
    uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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