somethirtyyears

noun

UK /sʌmˈθɜːti jɪəz/

US /sʌmˈθɜːrti jɪrz/

A period of time that is about thirty years long.

The old tree had been growing for somethirtyyears before it finally bloomed.

SYNONYMS

about thirty years roughly three decades approximately thirty years some three decades

RELATED WORDS

decade century generation era timespan

OTHER MEANINGS

2. An approximate age of thirty years old.

The house looked like it was somethirtyyears old.

3. A vague way to describe a long stretch of time without being exact.

They had been friends for somethirtyyears, though neither remembered the exact day they met.

4. A rough estimate used when counting years in the past.

Somethirtyyears had passed since the town last held its big festival.