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thirty-seventh

thirty-seventh

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The number for the position thirty-seven in a list
  • adjective
  • /ˌθɜrtiˈsɛvənθ/
translation icon : trigésimo séptimo
  • Sensei was about to have his thirty-seventh birthday next month.
  • thirty-seventh birthday
  • thirty-seventh annual
  • thirty-seventh year

Examples

  • Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Session, 1914, vol. 31, no. 44 (1914): 397 # 50.

    Academic text (2018)

  • This is evident from the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, issued at its thirty-seventh session on 23 June 1989, which indicated that 11 Arab countries had not fulfilled their obligation to submit reports to the Committee on years ranging from 1982 to 1989.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Thirty-eighth word ... thirty-seventh word.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • "Let's open things up a bit, big guy, see what you're made of here on your thirty-seventh birthday."

    Fiction book (1993)

  • However, six months later, the Permanent Indus Commission, which was established as part of the treaty, still met for the thirty-seventh time in New Delhi, and the agreement weathered the story yet again.

    Academic text (2008)

  • "It described the efforts of "Chicago pioneers" Mr. and Mrs. Henry Teenan Jones, owners of that favorite restaurant of the native set, The Elite, to plan a menu for their thirty-seventh anniversary gala.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Kelley Shannon of the Associated Press recently reported that on May 28, 2003, Texas became the thirty-seventh state to enact its own DOMA.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Today we are proudly celebrating the thirty-seventh anniversary of the glorious Green March, an epic national event that reflected the civilized approach chosen by Morocco to recover its Sahara.

    Blog text (17)

  • This year, she celebrated her thirty-seventh birthday with a big party.

  • The thirty-seventh item on the list is a must-have before the deadline.

Synonyms

37th
vsthirty-seventh
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The place after thirty-six and before thirty-eight in a list

is written in words rather than using digits or numerals

Surface Forms

thirty-seventh positive

Morphology

thirty-seventh = thirty-seven (transparent) = thirty + seven + th

The adjective is formed from the cardinal 'thirty-seven' by the regular ordinal suffix '-th', a productive and easily recognized process.

Etymology

The word thirty-seventh is made from the number words thirty and seven plus the ending -th, which marks order in a list. So thirty-seventh means 'in the 37th position', just like 'first' or 'second' show other positions.