-SOMETHING


Meaning of -SOMETHING in English

(~s)

~ is combined with numbers such as twenty and thirty to form adjectives which indicate an approximate amount, especially someone’s age. For example, if you say that someone is thirty~, you mean they are between thirty and forty years old.

COMB in ADJ

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