THIRTY-TWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thirty-two mean? 

• THIRTY-TWO (adjective)
  The adjective THIRTY-TWO has 1 sense:

1. being two more than thirty

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIRTY-TWO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being two more than thirty

Synonyms:

32; thirty-two; xxxii

Similar:

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

 Context examples 

As to their military affairs, they boast that the king’s army consists of a hundred and seventy-six thousand foot, and thirty-two thousand horse: if that may be called an army, which is made up of tradesmen in the several cities, and farmers in the country, whose commanders are only the nobility and gentry, without pay or reward.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)