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- [thur-tee]
- /ˈθɜr ti/
- /ˈθɜː.tiz/
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- [thur-tee]
- /ˈθɜr ti/
Definitions of thirties word
- noun plural thirties a cardinal number, 10 times 3. 1
- noun plural thirties a symbol for this number, as 30 or XXX. 1
- noun plural thirties a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun plural thirties Printing, Journalism. 30-dash. 1
- noun plural thirties 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. 1
- adjective thirties amounting to 30 in number. 1
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Origin of thirties
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English thritty, Old English thrītig, equivalent to thrī three + -tig -ty1; cognate with Dutch dertig, German dreissig, Old Norse thrjātīu
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Parts of speech for Thirties
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thirties popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
thirties usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with thirties
- how to dress in your thirties?
- how to date in your thirties?
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