mid-thirties
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- noun
- /mɪd ˈθɜrtiːz/
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treinta y tantos
- Even now, in my mid-thirties, I'm afraid to start doing what I want to do (and do best) because he always treated it like it was something to be ashamed of.
- Now in her mid-thirties
Examples
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In his mid-thirties, with two unpublished novels behind him, he had no idea whether he would become a novelist at all.
Fiction book (1998) -
A woman in her mid-thirties is appalled.
Fiction book (1998) -
By my mid-thirties, I was president of my own company, finishing my doctorate, and raising my young daughter as a single mother.
Academic text (1998) -
From the other side of the lobby, two well-groomed couples, white, mid-thirties, and upper middle class come to the rescue.
Fiction book (1993) -
One, now a wife in her mid-thirties, bedecked in jewels and a loud dress; the other, an older wife.
Fiction book (1993) -
Dr. Alan Grant, mid-thirties, a ragged-looking guy with intense concentration you wouldn't want to get in the way of, carefully examines a claw.
Fiction book (1993) -
In her mid-thirties, she finally decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an artist.
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He looks great for someone in his mid-thirties, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and staying active.
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During their conversation, it became clear that both were in their mid-thirties and shared similar life experiences.
Synonyms
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A person aged between 30 and 39 or the years between those ages
The time in a person's life between the ages of 30 and 40
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Morphology
Etymology
Mid-thirties comes from the parts mid ('middle') and thirties ('the years from thirty to thirty-nine'). A helpful way to remember it is like midday or midnight — mid means the middle, so mid-thirties means the middle years of your thirties, usually around 34 to 36.