Usually means: Half of ninety; three-quarters.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word forty-five:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. forty-five: Merriam-Webster
  2. forty-five: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forty-five: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. forty-five, forty-five, the Forty-Five, the Forty-Five: Collins English Dictionary
  5. forty-five: Vocabulary.com
  6. Forty-Five, Forty-five, forty-five: Wordnik
  7. Forty-five, forty-five: Wiktionary
  8. forty-five: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. forty-five: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. forty-five: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. forty-five: Dictionary.com
  12. Forty-five: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. forty-five: Rhymezone
  14. Forty-five: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. forty-five: FreeDictionary.org
  16. forty-five: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. forty-five: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. forty-five: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Forty-Five: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Forty-five)

▸ noun:  (firearms) A .45-caliber firearm.
▸ noun:  (historical) The Jacobite rising of 1745.

Similar:
forty-four, forty-fifth, thirty-thirty, forty-fourth, forty-second, forties, forty-seventh, forty-first, forty-sixth, forty-third, more...

Opposite:
fifty-five, minus ten, greater ththirty, more thhalf hundred

Phrases:
one hundred forty-five, The Forty-Five Guardsmen, more...



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Similar:
forty-four, forty-fifth, thirty-thirty, forty-fourth, forty-second, forties, forty-seventh, forty-first, forty-sixth, forty-third, more...

Opposite:
fifty-five, minus ten, greater ththirty, more thhalf hundred

Phrases:
one hundred forty-five, The Forty-Five Guardsmen, more...



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