thirty

[US]/'θɜːtɪ/
[UK]/'θɝti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.the number equivalent to three times ten; a set of thirty; the decade of the 1930s;the second division of a game
adj.being three times ten; being thirty in number

Phrases & Collocations

thirty minutes

thirty years old

thirty dollars

Example Sentences

Thirty is an even number.

thirty brace of grouse.

It's fifteen thirty hours.

the thirty-mile haul to Tamanrasset.

The lake is thirty li in circumference.

there are thirty-three stories in this compilation.

tours are every thirty minutes.

there were about thirty or forty of them.

the man set off at three-thirty prompt.

she was thirty-nine rising forty.

by nine-thirty the dance was in full swing.

thirty or forty years ago.

thirty of her school friends.

ten to the minus thirty-three.

twenty or thirty years ago.

he was thirty pounds underweight.

the visas are valid for thirty days.

Thirty guests were present at the ceremony.

Real-world Examples

" Yes, a month. Thirty minutes. Thirty days. Good evening."

Source: The Little Prince

Some companies have a thirty minute lunch hour. Some companies have an hour lunch hour.

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

It was my thirties, you know I was.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

And by this point, she wasn't even thirty.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

Bill has been collecting stamps for more than thirty years.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

A young man of thirty advanced and bowed.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

He has been working as a healer for more than thirty years.

Source: Global Slow English

But it's three thirty.Have you been together since last night?

Source: Never learn English.

The man was about thirty, or maybe a year or two younger.

Source: Goodbye, Mr. Hollywood.

They wanted to market the product for people aged twenty to thirty.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

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