thirty-six

American  

[thur-tee-siks] / ˈθɜr tiˈsɪks /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 30 plus 6.

2. a symbol for this number, as 36 or XXXVI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 36 in number.

Example Sentences

And within that time frame, there are just twenty-four to thirty-six hours in which she’s able to conceive.

From Literature

Barely able to breathe, I could hardly make it up the thirty-six steps to the door.

From Literature

We must make sure it achieves what the people of Liverpool have spent the past thirty-six years fighting for.

From BBC

In the score, he instructed the soloist and orchestra to play very softly and at an unhurried tempo of thirty-six quarter notes per minute.

From New York Times

Fourteen days passed, three hundred and thirty-six hours flew by, twenty thousand one hundred and sixty minutes whistled past, twelve million ninety six thousand seconds roared away....

From Literature