thirty-ninth

[ thur-tee-nahynth ]

adjective

1. next after the thirty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 39.
2. being one of 39 equal parts.

noun

1. a thirty-ninth part, especially of one (1/39).
2. the thirty-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

To be exact he did not go the length of the block between Thirty-ninth and Fortieth.

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The Ethiopic version, instead of "in those days," renders the expression in the thirty-ninth verse of 1st chap.

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Observe this man in his thirty-ninth year, possessing gifts the limitations of which even he himself has not yet recognised.

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The stone outside Baldock, marking the thirty-ninth mile is milestone and upping-block as well.

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In the thirty-ninth year of his life Beethoven had not given up thoughts of marriage.

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