Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Second in order after the thirtieth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
- adjective (Mus.) the thirty-second part of a whole note; a demi-semiquaver.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ordinal The
ordinal form of thenumber thirty-two , describing a person or thing in position number 32 of a sequence. - noun fractional One of
thirty-two equal parts of a whole.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order
- noun one part in thirty-two equal parts
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Examples
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But if I come second or thirty-second to your bed, Cat, I shall consider myself lucky.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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After the first two weeks, only a single ad in the entire barrage would be positive, a thirty-second spot during the Super Bowl broadcast featuring the president wishing good luck to both teams and their fans.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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In a much less significant but even more drastic departure from original values, Google sponsored a thirty-second ad during the 2010 Super Bowl.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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I thought the on nights where everything out of my mouth was gold or I picked up some bitchy model or got a thirty-second tonguedown were “nimbus nights.”
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
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The thirty-second spot features a series of ticking clocks, before the voiceover begins: "To our millions of customers, who never stopped believing this day would come...thank you," it says, before flashing the Apple logo, the Verizon logo, and then, in Verizon red and Apple's custom font, the kicker--It Begins.
Verizon's First iPhone Ad Doesn't Include An iPhone The Huffington Post 2011
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Released by the Coalition for Constitutional Values, a liberal advocacy group, the thirty-second spot is largely biographical, featuring still photos of Kagan paired with text graphics detailing major milestones and accomplishments in the high court hopeful's life.
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One delight after another, 31 in all, with a thirty-second tucked into the author's introduction.
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But in his own thirty-second spot released Saturday, Critz denies he was ever a supporter of health care reform.
Pennsylvania Democrat denies supporting health care reform 2010
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The Tea Party favorite suggested that she was under the impression the thirty-second spot was never supposed to run.
Christine O'Donnell On Witch Ad: 'That Is My Mistake' (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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But if I come second or thirty-second to your bed, Cat, I shall consider myself lucky.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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