Definitions for thirty
ˈθɜr tithir·ty

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. thirty, 30, XXX(adj)

   the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

2. thirty, 30, xxx(adj)

   being ten more than twenty

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. thirty(Noun)

   A rack of thirty beers.

   Etymology: þritig

2. thirty(Numeral)

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

   Etymology: þritig

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Thirty(adj)

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

2. Thirty(noun)

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

3. Thirty(noun)

   a symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Thirty

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

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

How to pronounce thirty?

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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. W. C. Sellar:

   For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn--much.

2. Sunita Narain:

   Thirty years after the horrific industrial disaster, India needs to finish the job it started and now work on strengthening institutions, tools of compliance and monitoring and putting in place a strict corporate liability regime.

3. User Ryan Giglio:

   I like that I could take five minutes to do it, and know it will only take five minutes, not thirty, and the message will get through.

4. Kathryn Kase:

   Mr. Panetti is a sick man who has suffered from schizophrenia, an incurable mental illness, for over thirty years, including prior to and during the crime, and during his trial at which he represented himself in a floridly psychotic state.

5. Dallas Eakins:

   We’ve got guys in our locker room that have played for a long time. This is not a league where you can dip your toe in the water. You have to jump in and keep going, thirty minutes of hockey leaves you one goal short. This is on the leadership group and the players to get things going.

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