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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 thirty
Familiarity information: THIRTY-THREE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being three more than thirty
Synonyms:
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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