Thirty-ninth

//ˌθɚti ˈnaɪnθ// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of thirty-nine equal parts of a whole.

    "A thirty-ninth of 780 is 20."

Adjective
  1. 1
    The ordinal form of the number thirty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 39 of a sequence.

    "The answer appears on the thirty-ninth page of the book."

Adjective
  1. 1
    the ordinal number of thirty-nine in counting order wordnet

Synonyms

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39th

Example

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"He knew that Mr. Welland, who was behaving "very handsomely," already had his eye on a newly built house in East Thirty-ninth Street. The neighbourhood was thought remote, and the house was built in a ghastly greenish-yellow stone that the younger architects were beginning to employ as a protest against the brownstone of which the uniform hue coated New York like a cold chocolate sauce; but the plumbing was perfect."

Etymology

From thirty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

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