Meaning

2 senses
  1. (slang)A rack of thirty beers.

  2. A commercial lasting 30 seconds.

More definitions
  • the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

Examples

2819 sentences
  1. Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.

    Заняття не пончеться до половини на восьму.

    ruЗанятие не начнётся до половины девятого.

    deDer Unterricht fängt erst um halb neun an.

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  2. Our school begins at eight-thirty.

    Заняття у школі починаються о восьмій тридцять.

    ruНаши занятия начинаются в восемь тридцать.

    deUnsere Schule fängt um halb neun an.

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  3. She taught music for thirty years.

    Вона викладала музику протягом тридцяти років.

    ruОна учила музыке тридцать лет.

    deSie gab dreißig Jahre lang Musikunterricht.

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  4. Call me at six-thirty, please.

    Подзвоніть мені о шостій тридцять, будь ласка.

    ruПозвоните мне в шесть тридцать, пожалуйста.

    deRuf mich bitte um halb sieben an.

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  5. You can't be thirty years old.

    Вам не може бути тридцять!

    ruНе может быть, чтобы тебе было тридцать!

    deDu bist unmöglich dreißig Jahre alt.

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Origin

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of thritty, from Old English þrītiġ, þrit

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of thritty, from Old English þrītiġ, þrittiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).

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Forms

plural: thirties
Singularthirty
Pluralthirties

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three:30XXX

Collocations

12 patterns
  • thirty minutes
  • thirty years old
  • thirty dollars
  • thirty years
  • about thirty minutes
  • more than thirty
  • least least thirty
  • was thirty years
  • in thirty minutes
  • for thirty minutes
  • thirty people
  • for thirty years

See also

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