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1940s

1940s noun: the decade from 1940 to 1949.

Noun

1940s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade from 1940 to 1949.
    • His knowledge of both Hong Kong and the Mainland made a deep impression on me during the hour we spent over lunch. Huang had learned Cantonese from his wife, who studied Chinese medicine in Guangzhou during the 1940s, and now owned a Chinese herbal medicine shop in the Yau Ma Ti district.2009, Stanley S.K. Kwan, Nicole Kwan, “New China”, in The Dragon and the Crown: Hong Kong Memoirs (Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series), Hong Kong University Press, published 2011, →ISBN...
    • During the 2018-2019 season, a staggering 56 horses died at one of the most glamorous racetracks in the country, Santa Anita Park, once home to the famous 1940s thoroughbred Seabiscuit.2023 June 10, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown, “As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed...
    Synonyms:
    '40s, 40s, forties

Synonyms of 1940s

Forms of 1940s

alternative form1940's

Questions about 1940s

What does 1940s mean?
1940s means the decade from 1940 to 1949.
What part of speech is 1940s?
1940s is a noun.

Words near 1940s in the dictionary

  1. 1920's
  2. 1920s
  3. 1930's
  4. 1930s
  5. 1940's
  6. 1940s
  7. 1950's
  8. 1950s
  9. 1960's
  10. 1960s
  11. 1970's

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