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thirty-first

[ thur-tee-furst ]

/ ˈθɜr tiˈfɜrst /

adjective

next after the thirtieth; being the ordinal number for 31.

being one of 31 equal parts.

noun

a thirty-first part, especially of one (1/31).

the thirty-first member of a series.

Words nearby thirty-first

thirty pieces of silver, thirty years' war, thirty-eight, thirty-eighth, thirty-fifth, thirty-first, thirty-five, thirty-four, thirty-fourth, thirty-nine, thirty-nine articles

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Examples from the Web for thirty-first

Mrs Hopgood had a fire, although it was not yet the thirty-first of October, for it was very damp and raw.
Clara Hopgood|Mark Rutherford
Lastly, Mr. Onions Winter was advertising the thirty-first thousand of that work.
A Great Man|Arnold Bennett
Com'modus died in the thirty-first year of his age, after an impious reign of twelve years and nine months.
Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome|Oliver Goldsmith
In 1783 the country north of the thirty-first parallel was included within the limits of the United States.
Elsie and Her Namesakes|Martha Finley

The queen died on the twenty-sixth of October, 1580, in the thirty-first year of her age, and the eleventh of her reign.
History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain|William H. Prescott

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