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THIRTY-THREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thirty-three mean? 

THIRTY-THREE (adjective)
  The adjective THIRTY-THREE has 1 sense:

1. being three more than thirtyplay

  Familiarity information: THIRTY-THREE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THIRTY-THREE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Being three more than thirty

Synonyms:

33; thirty-three; xxxiii

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)


 Context examples 


Sarah was thirty-three, and Mary was twenty-nine when I married.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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