thirty-nine

American  

[thur-tee-nahyn] / ˈθɜr tiˈnaɪn /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 30 plus 9.

2. a symbol for this number, as 39 or XXXIX.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 39 in number.

Example Sentences

I ceased not ministering to him and conversing and carousing with him and telling him all manner tales for thirty nine days.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The solid contents of the earth have been estimated at about thirty nine trillions of cubic feet.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Given under our Hand and Seal at the Admiralty in Amsterdam this Twenty third Day of Septemb'r In the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty nine.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

The annual value of all the printing done in the United States, for that year, is stated at a fraction less than thirty nine and three quarters millions of dollars.

From The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Gen. Sullivan, in a despatch written the next day after the fight, makes the entire loss three killed and thirty nine wounded.

From The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade by Hardenbergh, John Leonard