Used in a Sentence

thirtieth

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for thirtieth.

Editorial note

There is no processor in existence on which any operation can be performed in one-thirtieth of a nanosecond.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The person or thing in the thirtieth position.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of thirtieth gathered in one view.

noun

The person or thing in the thirtieth position.

noun

One of thirty equal parts of a whole.

adjective

The ordinal form of the number thirty.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thirtieth.

noun

The person or thing in the thirtieth position.

noun

One of thirty equal parts of a whole.

adjective

The ordinal form of the number thirty.

Example sentences

1

There is no processor in existence on which any operation can be performed in one-thirtieth of a nanosecond.

2

It makes infinity times more money than snapchat, but has a thirtieth of the valuation.

3

He's better dead than living still when once he's past his thirtieth year.

4

These won't be traditional; they'll be about a thirtieth as far away.

5

If we don't get started on the first step, we'll never solve the second, or the third or the thirtieth.

6

And what happened to trigger the change in your thirtieth year?

7

The middle-age guy part is accurate though, I got it as a thirtieth present.

8

It was on the thirtieth interview when things went south.

9

You'd think after the thirtieth or fortieth medium that we'd all understand this.

10

There's no reason a much diminished humanity concentrated in the southern hemisphere couldn't be marking the thirtieth anniversary of War Day today, if things had gone a bit differently.

11

I enlisted its help for my sister's thirtieth birthday.

12

Hire someone to put a new roof on a rental property, and you're out the tens of thousands of dollars cash while only getting an immediate deduction for one thirtieth of the value.

Quote examples

1

"And on the thirtieth of November, we spent an hour not neglecting our children"?

2

I think terminal "y"s quite often turn into "i" when a suffix is added (ready -> readier; daily -> dailies; thirty -> thirtieth); there is probably an interesting reason for this but I don't know it.

Proper noun examples

1

The world of the Twentieth will be the Thirtieth.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use thirtieth in a sentence?

There is no processor in existence on which any operation can be performed in one-thirtieth of a nanosecond.

What does thirtieth mean?

The person or thing in the thirtieth position.

What part of speech is thirtieth?

thirtieth is commonly used as noun, adjective.