Definitions
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- noun ordinal The
ordinal form of thenumber thirty-one , describing a person or thing in position number 31 of a sequence. - noun fractional One of
thirty-one equal parts of a whole.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective coming next after the thirtieth in position
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Examples
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Yet my college diploma says, “Given at Hempstead, New York, this thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred AND eighty-nine.”
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In his thirty-first year as mayor, hubbard had forced Southenders to sell their houses to the city of Dearborn by using a variety of tactics.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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In his thirty-first year as mayor, hubbard had forced Southenders to sell their houses to the city of Dearborn by using a variety of tactics.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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In his thirty-first year as mayor, hubbard had forced Southenders to sell their houses to the city of Dearborn by using a variety of tactics.
A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009
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The Green Movement is alive and well, and by some accounts gaining momentum, despite the poor showing on February 11th, the thirty-first anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Is Iran the New Four-Letter Word? Nazee Moinian 2010
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So here we are, in a glassed-in room on the thirty-first floor of a Singapore hotel, our idyllic Zen vacation but a distant memory, parsing our insurance money between Starbucks, numerous cheap and delicious local restaurants and, in a weak moment when we couldn't take Asian food another minute (it's been two weeks since we left France), Kenny Rogers Roasters.
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The Green Movement is alive and well, and by some accounts gaining momentum, despite the poor showing on February 11th, the thirty-first anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
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We won our thirty-fifth consecutive match, eliminating the Gators, 15–2, 15–8, 15–10, to win our sixty-seventh consecutive game and record our thirty-first sweep in front of 12,327 at the Kohl Center.
Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010
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Once there, he would have exited the elevator on the thirty-first floor and walked the short walk to his desk.
A Life Twice Told 2010
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So here we are, in a glassed-in room on the thirty-first floor of a Singapore hotel, our idyllic Zen vacation but a distant memory, parsing our insurance money between Starbucks, numerous cheap and delicious local restaurants and, in a weak moment when we couldn't take Asian food another minute (it's been two weeks since we left France), Kenny Rogers Roasters.
Amelia Smith: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Ferries Too) 2010
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