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THIRTY-SOMETHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thirty-something mean?
• THIRTY-SOMETHING (noun)
The noun THIRTY-SOMETHING has 1 sense:
1. the time of life between 30 and 40
Familiarity information: THIRTY-SOMETHING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life between 30 and 40
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
mid-thirties; thirties; thirty-something
Hypernyms ("thirty-something" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("thirty-something" is a part of...):
adulthood; maturity (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)
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