I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 37 in number
thirty-eight years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 38 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
thirty-eight are here
thirty-eight were found
III. noun
1. : eight and 30 : 19 times two
2.
a. : 38 units or objects
a total of thirty-eight
b. : a group or set of 38
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 38
4. : the 38th in a set or series
5. : a 38 caliber pistol — usually written .38