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thirty-first

thirty-first

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The place in a list that shows the number thirty-one
  • adjective
  • /ˈθɜrtiˌfɜrst/
: trigésimo primero
  • " And what do you do on December thirty-first, New Year's Eve? "
  • thirty-first birthday
  • thirty-first of October
  • thirty-first of May

Examples

  • On a soggy gray October 12th, Gwendolyn celebrates her thirty-first birthday by calling in sick to work, telling the principal, Dr. Hoffmayer, that it's female troubles.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • In 1935, South Carolina became the thirty-first and last state to pass a sterilization law.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Herbert Hoover is elected thirty-first president of the United States.

    Academic text (2000)
  • On his booking slip, it says Gunn got his one phone call at three A.M. on December thirty-first.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I have an appointment with Julia Ashley on the thirty-first.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The father registered with the Minnesota registry on the thirty-first day, which was one day after learning the mother had given birth in Minnesota.

    Academic text (2002)
  • At the thirty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly, in September 1976, Bangladesh also raised the Farakka issue.

    Academic text (1998)
  • In English, he was born on the second of August in a year ending in 8 and died on the thirty-first of October, probably in 1868, the year of the portrait.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Our family is planning a big celebration for her thirty-first birthday this weekend.

  • The thirty-first chapter of the book provides a detailed summary of the previous events.

Synonyms

31st
vsthirty-first
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A number that comes after the thirtieth, meaning thirty-one

is written in words rather than digits

Surface Forms

thirty-first positive

Morphology

thirty-first = thirty + first (transparent) = thirty + first

Straightforward compound of a cardinal and an ordinal yielding the ordinal for 31.

Etymology

Thirty-first joins thirty ('three groups of ten') and first ('the one in front'), so it means the person or thing that comes right after the thirtieth in order.