THIRTY


Meaning of THIRTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ θɜ:(r)ti ]

( thirties)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Thirty is the number 30.

NUM

2.

When you talk about the thirties , you are referring to numbers between 30 and 39. For example, if you are in your thirties , you are aged between 30 and 39. If the temperature is in the thirties , the temperature is between 30 and 39 degrees.

N-PLURAL

3.

The thirties is the decade between 1930 and 1939.

She became quite a notable director in the thirties and forties.

N-PLURAL : the N

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