thirty-two
- numeral
- /ˈθɜrti tu/
- The team scored a total of thirty-two points in the game.
- thirty-two percent
- thirty-two (32)
- thirty-two years old
Examples
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His broken speedometer faithfully maintained its belief that the BMW was going thirty-two miles per hour.
Fiction book (1997) -
We were the same age, thirty-two, and had joined the firm the same year.
Fiction book (1999) -
Your buddy over there was number thirty-two.
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Thirty-two years ago it was only luck that kept me in France.
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Thirty-two thousand in advance orders.
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Well, Steph Curry just scored thirty-two points last night.
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Thirty-two years of service, thirty-two years of heroism as a United States Marine.
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Thirty-two years of dedicated public service, and you just wiped the slate clean with one quick, easy stroke.
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Thirty-two protesters were arrested.
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She found thirty-two dollars in her coat pocket.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thirty-two is simply made from thirty and two, so it literally means 'thirty plus two' and is the number 32, two more than thirty.