thirtieth
next after the twenty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 30.
being one of 30 equal parts.
a thirtieth part, especially of one (1/30).
the thirtieth member of a series.
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How to use thirtieth in a sentence
Another minister arose; a man not yet in his thirtieth year, his form stooped, as beneath the weight of sixty winters.
Alone | Marion HarlandGiven at our palace of Hampton Court, the 24th day of July, 1679, and in the one and thirtieth year of our reign.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton RyersonThe reference is to the thirtieth chapter of Jeremiah, from which an extract is here made at length.
Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews | Handley C.G. MouleHe continued to linger till the thirtieth, when he calmly expired, in the sixty-second year of his age.
History of Prince Edward Island | Duncan CampbellAt thirtieth Street he got off the car and walked west to Silver's place.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for thirtieth
/ (ˈθɜːtɪɪθ) /
(usually prenominal)
being the ordinal number of thirty in counting order, position, time, etc: often written 30th
(as noun): the thirtieth of the month
one of 30 approximately equal parts of something
(as modifier): a thirtieth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 30 (1/30)
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