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thirty-sixth

thirty-sixth

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Coming after the thirty-fifth in a sequence
  • adjective
  • /ˌθɜrtiˈsɪksθ/
translation icon : trigésimo sexto
  • On a September Friday a week before school starts, she means to go down to Atlanta and help Terry celebrate his thirty-sixth birthday.

Examples

  • The thirty-sixth chapter of the book focuses on the main character's journey.

  • She celebrated her thirty-sixth birthday with a big party.

  • And Berto came in thirty-sixth!

    Academic text (2006)

  • The Chicago Hebrew Institute sponsored its own play festival, and the Clan na Gael held its thirty-sixth annual Fourth of July picnic.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The United States was ranked thirty-sixth (Sedghi, Arnett, and Chalabi 2013). #14.

    Academic text (2017)

  • He finished the race in thirty-sixth place out of two hundred competitors.

Synonyms

36th
vsthirty-sixth
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Number that comes after thirty-fifth in a list

is the written-out word form rather than a numeral form

Surface Forms

thirty-sixth positive
thirty sixth positive

Morphology

thirty-sixth = thirty-six (transparent) = thirty + six + th

Formed by adding the ordinal suffix '-th' to the cardinal numeral 'thirty-six', a standard and productive process.

Etymology

Thirty-sixth is made of thirty, six, and the ending -th that turns a number into an order. It literally means 'the one after thirty-five', so it tells the place or position in a list.