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thirty-eight

thirty-eight

29 1.0
A number that comes after thirty-seven and before thirty-nine
  • numeral
: treinta y ocho
  • She's been dancing since she was three years old... and after all, she is now thirty-eight.
  • thirty-eight percent
  • thirty-eight years
  • thirty-eight participants

Examples

  • She is thirty-eight years old this year.

  • "We are all illiterate," says the thirty-eight-year-old mother, "so we harvest potatoes."

    Academic text (2011)

  • "Mr. Pierce, as I see him, is about thirty-eight, married, with two kids.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • "There had been thirty-eight contestants in the competition Mr. de Beer claimed to have won.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I must say, she doesn't look thirty-eight.

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

  • In October 1990, thirty-eight of the world's leading authorities on dioxin met in Long Island.

    Academic text (1993)

  • By the time he was thirty-eight, Neil Benka had given up on domestic happiness.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Summer school classes at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory drew thirty-eight participants this year.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Approximately 70 percent of all Palestinians live within the boundaries of these thirty-eight localities.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Total rainfall at some stations for the six-day storm period exceeded thirty-eight inches.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

38
vsthirty-eight
395 1.0

The number after thirty-seven and before thirty-nine

is the word form rather than numeric digits
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vsthirty-eight
1 8.8

A Roman numeral that means 38

is the word form rather than a Roman numeral

Surface Forms

thirty-eight cardinal word
38 cardinal digit

Morphology

thirty-eight = thirty + eight (transparent) = thirty + eight

A direct, standard compound of two numeral words in base-ten notation; meaning is immediately deducible.

Etymology

Thirty-eight comes from joining thirty and eight; thirty means 'three tens' and eight means '8', so thirty-eight simply means 'thirty plus eight', which is why it names the number 38.