thirty-three

[ thur-tee-three ]

/ ˈθɜr tiˈθri /

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noun

a cardinal number, 30 plus 3.

a symbol for this number, as 33 or XXXIII.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 33 in number.

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Words nearby thirty-three

thirty-seven, thirty-seventh, thirty-six, thirty-sixth, thirty-third, thirty-three, thirty-two, thirty-twomo, Thirty Years' War, Thiruvananthapuram, this

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How to use thirty-three in a sentence

Thirty-six percent were in favor and 38 percent were opposed.
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Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.
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So I was looking back at the years, and that really popped out at me, those three years.
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It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
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I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
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There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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I presume the twenty-five or thirty miles at this end is unhealthy, even for natives, but it surely need not be so.
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British Dictionary definitions for thirty-three

thirty-three

noun

a former name for LP 1

Word Origin for thirty-three

C20: so called because it is played at thirty-three and a third revolutions per minute

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