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36th

36th

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Number that comes after thirty-fifth in a list
  • adjective
  • /ˈθɜrtiˈsɪksθ/
translation icon : trigésimo sexto
  • The honor for A Royal Pain is the 36th award for a Calvin student film in the last four years.

Examples

  • You can see them on their 36th anniversary.

  • Rose continued to run her coat-lining business in a dingy factory on 36th Street.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • For our money, we get the 36th best care in the developed world.

    Blog text (28)
  • As some insiders know, Carol and I just spent a week in Hawaii celebrating our 36th wedding anniversary.

    Blog text (33)
  • Daley also announced the appointment of John Rice, 41, as the new 36th Ward alderman.

    Blog text (6)
  • They're considering shutting down electrical service south of 36th Street if underground equipment becomes inundated with water.

    Blog text (13)
  • This year, she celebrated her 36th birthday with a big party.

  • He ranked 36th in the competition, just missing the top thirty-five.

  • The book is the 36th in a series of thrilling mysteries.

Synonyms

thirty-sixth
vs36th
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Coming after the thirty-fifth in a sequence

uses digits to show sequence position rather than words

Surface Forms

36th positive

Morphology

36th = 36 (transparent) = 36 + th

Formed by adding the ordinal suffix '-th' to the numeral 36 to indicate its position in a sequence; the relation is regular and predictable.

Etymology

36Th is simply the number thirty-six with the small ending -th, which shows 'order' or 'position'. So 36th means the thing that is 'number thirty-six in a list', the one after the thirty-fifth.