thirtier
ti noun
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.
Printing, Journalism. 30-dash.
5.
thirties, 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
6.
amounting to 30 in number.
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | See also number the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three |
| 2. | a numeral, 30, XXX, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | (plural) 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 | |
| 6. | a. amounting to thirty: thirty trees |
| b. (as pronoun): thirty are broken | |
| [Old English thrītig; see | |
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Word Origin & History
thirty
c.1413, metathesis of O.E. þritig, from þri, þreo "three" + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Cf. O.Fris. thritich, O.S. thritig, Du. dertig, O.H.G. drizzug, Ger. dreissig. Thirty Years' War (1842) was a religious power struggle waged 1618-48, mainly on Ger.
soil. The symbol -30- as printer and telegrapher's code to indicate the last sheet or line of copy or a dispatch is recorded from 1895. In 20c. jargon of journalism, it came to be a traditional sign-off signal and slang word for "the end."
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