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thirty-third

thirty-third

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The position at number thirty-three in a list
  • adjective
  • /ˈθɜrtiˌθɜrd/
translation icon : trigésimo tercero
  • This is my thirty-third attempt at baking a cake, and I'm finally getting it right.
  • thirty-third birthday
  • thirty-third floor
  • thirty-third year

Examples

  • The House voted in the thirty-third session, which was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Osama Najafi, head of the House of Representatives, and in the presence of 178 deputies on Tuesday, 20/11/2012, on the two bills and a resolution to support the Palestinian people in Gaza, ending the second reading of the federal budget law for fiscal year 2013.

    Blog text (22)

  • That's a lot of talent to be ranked thirty-third in total defense, especially with five SEC teams ranked in the top twenty.

    Blog text (15)

  • It was the end of the old year, two weeks before my thirty-third birthday, the age my Catholic friend Tony said all things would be revealed to me.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • This post has been published by me as a part of Blog-a-Ton 33, the thirty-third edition of the online marathon of bloggers, where we decide and write.

    Blog text (29)

  • While prominent and news-active as the capital of California, Sacramento was a small locale as measured by size of market, being listed as the nation's thirty-third television market.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The thirty-third game of the season was crucial for the team's playoff hopes.

  • She celebrated her thirty-third birthday with a big party and all her friends.

Synonyms

33rd
vsthirty-third
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The position that is number thirty-three in a list

is written in words rather than numerals

Surface Forms

thirty-third positive

Morphology

thirty-third = thirty + third (transparent) = thirty + third

Standard numeric formation combining 'thirty' and 'third' to yield the ordinal 33rd; meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Thirty-third is made from thirty and third, so it names the '33rd' thing in a list. Think of thirty as 'three tens', like in twenty and forty, and third as the order of three, so it means 'three tens plus three' and therefore shows the position 33.