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2040s

2040s noun: the decade from Sunday, January 1, 2040 to Friday, December 31, 2049.

Noun

2040s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade from Sunday, January 1, 2040 to Friday, December 31, 2049.
    • Now, three scientists from the Met Office, the British weather agency, have concluded that human-caused global warming is going to make European summer heat waves “commonplace” by the 2040s.2014 December 8, David Jolly, “Heat Waves in Europe Will Increase, Study Finds”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020
    • The census has lumped African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans together, projected their numbers to the 2040s and decided that the sum should be labeled a majority.2017 May 11, Herbert J. Gans, “The Census and Right-Wing Hysteria”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2020

Questions about 2040s

What does 2040s mean?
2040s means the decade from Sunday, January 1, 2040 to Friday, December 31, 2049.
What part of speech is 2040s?
2040s is a noun.

Words near 2040s in the dictionary

  1. 201
  2. 2010s
  3. 201s
  4. 2020s
  5. 2030s
  6. 2040s
  7. 2048
  8. 2050s
  9. 2060s
  10. 2070s
  11. 2080s

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