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.

Origin of thirty

before 900; Middle English thritty,Old English thrītig, equivalent to thrīthree + -tig-ty¹; cognate with Dutch dertig,German dreissig,Old Norse thrjātīu

Words nearby thirty

thirteen-lined ground squirrel, thirteenth, Thirteenth Amendment, thirteenth chord, thirtieth, thirty, Thirty days hath September, thirty-eight, thirty-eighth, thirty-fifth, thirty-first

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Example sentences from the Web for thirty

Along with her husband Kevin, she owns Thirty Acres, a seasonal farm-to-table restaurant in Jersey City.
High Rents Are Killing the Restaurant Capital|Will Doig|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Michaud spent thirty years as millworker and a member of the local union.
America’s First Post-Gay Governor|David Freedlander|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thirty percent of those cleared by the Innocence Project had confessed to their crimes.
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I don't mean he proved that a thirty- or forty-minute solo is necessarily better than a three-minute one.
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When the car stopped rolling, I was laying thirty feet from the car unconscious and covered in blood.
Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’|Marlow Stern|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The only redeeming feature was a better garden than most London houses have, a strip as wide as the house, and thirty yards long.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II)|Charles Darwin
House-rent is recorded at the rate of thirty dollars a year.
Quaker Hill|Warren H. Wilson
The position was an awkward one, and Winthrope weighed thirty or forty pounds more than Miss Leslie.
Into the Primitive|Robert Ames Bennet
The expedition dispatched for the purpose of exploring the Colorado River has reached a point thirty miles from its mouth.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851|Various
Some thirty others of the National party followed his example of defiance with a similar result.
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for thirty

thirty

/ (ˈθɜːtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and threeSee 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

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单词	thirty
释义	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. Origin of thirty before 900; Middle English thritty,Old English thrītig, equivalent to thrīthree + -tig-ty¹; cognate with Dutch dertig,German dreissig,Old Norse thrjātīu Words nearby thirty thirteen-lined ground squirrel, thirteenth, Thirteenth Amendment, thirteenth chord, thirtieth, thirty, Thirty days hath September, thirty-eight, thirty-eighth, thirty-fifth, thirty-first Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thirty Along with her husband Kevin, she owns Thirty Acres, a seasonal farm-to-table restaurant in Jersey City. High Rents Are Killing the Restaurant Capital\|Will Doig\|October 28, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Michaud spent thirty years as millworker and a member of the local union. America’s First Post-Gay Governor\|David Freedlander\|October 24, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Thirty percent of those cleared by the Innocence Project had confessed to their crimes. The Myth of the Central Park Five\|Edward Conlon\|October 19, 2014\|DAILY BEAST I don't mean he proved that a thirty- or forty-minute solo is necessarily better than a three-minute one. The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest\|Nat Hentoff\|October 18, 2014\|DAILY BEAST When the car stopped rolling, I was laying thirty feet from the car unconscious and covered in blood. Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’\|Marlow Stern\|October 14, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The only redeeming feature was a better garden than most London houses have, a strip as wide as the house, and thirty yards long. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II)\|Charles Darwin House-rent is recorded at the rate of thirty dollars a year. Quaker Hill\|Warren H. Wilson The position was an awkward one, and Winthrope weighed thirty or forty pounds more than Miss Leslie. Into the Primitive\|Robert Ames Bennet The expedition dispatched for the purpose of exploring the Colorado River has reached a point thirty miles from its mouth. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851\|Various Some thirty others of the National party followed his example of defiance with a similar result. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886.\|Various British Dictionary definitions for thirty thirty / (ˈθɜːtɪ) / noun plural -ties the cardinal number that is the product of ten and threeSee 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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