thirty
[ thur-tee ]
/ ˈθɜr ti /
noun, plural thir·ties.
a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
a symbol for this number, as 30 or XXX.
a set of this many persons or things.
Printing, Journalism.
30-dash.
thirties,
the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 30 through 39, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature: He works in the East Thirties. She must be in her thirties. The temperature was in the thirties yesterday.
adjective
amounting to 30 in number.
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British Dictionary definitions for thirty
thirty
/ (ˈθɜːtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 30, XXX, etc, representing this number
(plural)
the numbers 30–39, esp the 30th to the 39th year of a person's life or of a century
the amount or quantity that is three times as big as ten
something representing, represented by, or consisting of 30 units
determiner
- amounting to thirtythirty trees
- (as pronoun)thirty are broken
Word Origin for thirty
Old English
thrītig; see
three,
-ty
1