THIRTY


Meaning of THIRTY in English

thir ‧ ty /ˈθɜːti $ ˈθɜːrti/ BrE AmE number

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: thritig , from thrie 'three' ]

1 . the number 30

2 . the thirties ( also the '30s, the 1930s [plural] ) the years from 1930 to 1939:

In the thirties, air travel really began to take off.

the early/mid/late thirties

The family sold the house in the early thirties.

3 . be in your thirties to be aged between 30 and 39

early/mid/late thirties

She must be in her early thirties by now.

4 . in the thirties if the temperature is in the thirties, it is between 30 degrees and 39 degrees

in the low/mid/high thirties

a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties

—thirtieth adjective , pronoun :

her thirtieth birthday

I’m planning to leave on the thirtieth (=the 30th day of the month) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.