Meaning & use

thirtieth

number·Everyday

The ordinal number matching thirty in a sequence, coming after the twenty-ninth.

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They celebrated her thirtieth birthday with a small dinner among close friends.

This is the thirtieth time he has told that same fishing story.

A note on using this word

Thirtieth is written as 30th in numerals and functions as both an adjective and, less commonly, a noun.

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