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🧩 One of 32 parts 3️⃣ 32nd in order
thirty-second

thirty-second

1 1.0
The position number 32 in a series or list
  • adjective
  • /ˌθɜrtiˈsɛkənd/
translation icon : trigésimo segundo
  • thirty-second floor
  • thirty-second birthday

Examples

  • East Harlem, one of the poorest communities in the city, ranked thirty-second among the thirty-two community districts in the city on achievement scores when it initiated its school choice program.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The thirty-second chapter of the book revealed many new characters and twists in the plot.

  • She celebrated her thirty-second birthday with a big party at her favorite restaurant.

  • He finished in thirty-second place in the marathon, just missing the top thirty finishers.

Synonyms

32nd
vsthirty-second
13 1.0

A number that shows the thirty-second position in a list

is the same meaning but spelled out in words rather than numerals

Surface Forms

thirty-second positive

Morphology

thirty-second = thirty + second (transparent) = thirty + second

The hyphenated numeral combines 'thirty' and the ordinal 'second' to form the ordinal 32nd, a standard and directly interpretable numeral formation.

Etymology

Thirty-second is made from the common words thirty and second, where second means 'the one after the first'. So a thirty-second is the place that comes after thirty-first in a list.