Thirty (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural thir·ties.
  1. a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 30 or XXX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. 30-dash.
  5. the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 30 through 39, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature: He works in the East Thirties. She must be in her thirties. The temperature was in the thirties yesterday.
adjective
  1. amounting to 30 in number.
noun plural -ties
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
  2. a numeral, 30, XXX, etc, representing this number
  3. the numbers 30–39, esp the 30th to the 39th year of a person's life or of a century
  4. the amount or quantity that is three times as big as ten
  5. something representing, represented by, or consisting of 30 units
determiner
    • amounting to thirty
    • (as pronoun)
Thirty (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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