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thir·ty (thûr

)

n. pl. thir·ties

1. The cardinal number equal to 3 × 10.

2. thirties

a. A decade or the numbers from 30 to 39: They settled down in their thirties. The temperature fell into the thirties.

b. often Thirties The decade from 30 to 39 in a century.

3. An indication of the end of a news story, usually written 30.

4. Sports The second point that is scored by one side in tennis.

[Middle English thritty, thirty, from Old English thrtig; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]

thirty adj. & pron.

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Noun	1.	thirties - the time of life between 30 and 40 mid-thirties, thirty-something time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state adulthood, maturity - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
	2.	thirties - the decade from 1930 to 1939 1930s decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years

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30 31 32 32nd 33 33rd 34 34th 35 35th 36 36th 37 37th 38 38th 39 39th Battle of Rocroi			It was a romantic narrative of some Eastern traveller of the thirties, pompous maybe, but fragrant with the emotion with which the East came to the generation that followed Byron and Chateaubriand. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context Though still in his thirties, Alexis Paulvitch could easily have passed for eighty. The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context We do not hate, nor grieve, nor joy, nor despair in our thirties like we did in our teens. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context			Third-rail system third-rate third-rater third-stream third-world third-year thirdhand Thirdings thirdly thirdstream thirl thirlage Thirlmere thirst thirst for knowledge thirst-quenching Thirster thirstily Thirstiness Thirstle thirsty thirteen Thirteen Colonies thirteenth thirteenth chord thirties thirtieth thirty Thirty Years' War thirty-eight thirty-eighth thirty-fifth thirty-first thirty-five thirty-four thirty-fourth thirty-nine Thirty-nine Articles thirty-ninth thirty-one thirty-second thirty-second note thirty-second part thirty-seven thirty-seventh thirty-six thirty-sixth thirty-something thirty-third thirty-thirty thirty-three			Thirteen Colonies Thirteen Colonies Thirteen Colonies, the Thirteen M. Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Thirteen minutes to midnight Thirteen Ninety Four Thirteen original colonies Thirteen original colonies Thirteen Original States Thirteen Principles of Faith Thirteen States Thirteen Week Cash Flow Thirteen Years War 1454–66 Thirteen, Morbid Fear of Thirteen-lined ground squirrel Thirteens Thirteens thirteenth thirteenth Thirteenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets Thirteenth Amendment Thirteenth Amendment Thirteenth Apostle Thirteenth chord Thirteenth Conference of the Russian Communist Party Bolshevik Thirteenth Congress of the Russian Communist Party Bolshevik Thirteenth Month thirteenth-month accounting period thirteenths thirteenths thirties thirtieth thirtieth thirtieths thirtieths thirty thirty thirty thirty Thirty and Over Recreational Soccer Organization Thirty Day Challenge Thirty Day Rule Thirty Day Visible Supplies Thirty Day Visible Supply Thirty Day Wash Rule Thirty Days of Night Thirty Heroes Thirty Km Zone Thirty Nine Articles Thirty Nine Articles Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts Thirty second note Thirty seconds of research Thirty Seconds To Mars Thirty Tyrants Thirty Year Treasury Thirty Year Treasury Securities Thirty Year Treasury Security Thirty Year Treasurys Thirty Year War Thirty Year War

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