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   thirty

   /ˈθəːti/

   cardinal

   • 1. the number equivalent to the product of three and ten; ten less than forty; 30: "thirty or forty years ago"
   • ▪ the numbers from thirty to thirty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person's life: "a woman in her thirties"
   • ▪ thirty years old: "I've got a long way to go before I'm thirty"
   • ▪ thirty miles an hour: "doing about thirty"
   • ▪ a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by thirty.
   • ▪ the second point won by a player in a game: "with the score at thirty all Kumar hit a low volley into the net"

   Word Origin Old Englishthrītig (see three, -ty2). The spelling with initial thi- is recorded in literature in the 15th century, and has been the prevalent form since the 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. thirtyfold adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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