What does thirty mean?

Definitions for thirty
ˈθɜr tithir·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. thirty, 30, XXXadjective

    the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

  2. thirty, 30, xxxadjective

    being ten more than twenty

Wiktionary

  1. thirtynoun

    A rack of thirty beers.

  2. thirtynumeral

    The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

  3. Etymology: þritig

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Thirtyadjective

    Thrice ten.

    Etymology: ðrittig , Saxon.

    I have slept fifteen years.
    —— Ay, and the time seems thirty unto me. William Shakespeare.

    The Claudian aqueduct ran thirty-eight miles. Addison.

Wikipedia

  1. thirty

    30 (thirty) is the natural number following 29 and preceding 31.

ChatGPT

  1. thirty

    Thirty refers to the cardinal number that is equal to three times ten, represented by the digit 30. It is commonly used to indicate a quantity or count, specifically when there are 30 items or individuals present.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thirtyadjective

    being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days

  2. Thirtynoun

    the sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects

  3. Thirtynoun

    a symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Thirty

    thėr′ti, adj. and n. three times ten.—adj. Thir′tieth, the last of thirty.—n. a thirtieth part. [A.S. thrítigthreó, three, -tig, suff. denoting ten.]

Editors Contribution

  1. thirtyverb

    Thirty was also used by reporter to denote the end of a column he was submitting for publication.

    the last word entered by the author, usually a reporter, and at the end of a column.


    Submitted by anonymous on December 10, 2021  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'thirty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2555

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'thirty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #221

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thirty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thirty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of thirty in a Sentence

  1. Michael Beck:

    I just love being here with all the fans. I see kids coming here, eight years old, and I go 'How do you even know about this movie,' i found out something today. One of the stunt guys who played one of the Furies, he came up to me and told me, 'Thirty-seven years ago, you broke three of my ribs with a baseball bat.' I told him I was sorry. I didn't mean to.

  2. Epictetus:

    If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself 'I used to be angry every day then every other day now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.

  3. Mohammed Abdo Al-Qubati:

    Sixty percent of the cases are due to mines, thirty percent from road accidents, and the rest mostly from gun shots.

  4. Kester Vickery:

    It was that critical thirty seconds, we were literally here within a minute. Sad indeed.

  5. Chuck Rosenberg:

    It’s back, and it’s back with a vengeance, there's an enormous supply of heroin; it's cheap. In fact, it's a lot cheaper than prescription pills. If you take oxycodone and hydrocodone for a football injury and you get hooked, you're going to pay a dollar a milligram on the street for a pill – thirty milligrams, thirty dollars, give or take. Heroin is probably one-fifth the price, and because it has a similar chemical effect, a similar pharmacological reaction, folks make that transition.

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