sixty
Americannoun
plural
sixties-
a cardinal number, ten times six.
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a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
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sixties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 60 through 69, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or noting degrees of temperature.
Her grandfather is in his late sixties. The temperature is in the low sixties.
adjective
idioms
noun
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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six See also number
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a numeral, 60, LX, etc, representing sixty
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something represented by, representing, or consisting of 60 units
determiner
Etymology
Origin of sixty
before 900; Middle English (adj. and noun), Old English sixtig (adj.); cognate with Dutch zestig, German sechzig, Old Norse sextigir. See six, -ty 1
Example Sentences
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Leah was shocked to read more than sixty pages about her parents, her little sisters, and a peddler’s rapping spirit.
From Literature
In his letter, Grandpa told Mama and Papa that he had done some trading with a Cherokee Indian for sixty acres of virgin land, and that it was theirs if they wanted it.
From Literature
The few dozen men, most in their sixties, were headed to Nagano's Lake Suwa in search of a phenomenon called "God's Crossing" that has gone from reliable to elusive in recent decades.
From Barron's
Either way, the sixty dollars I earned sitting for the Wyatt-Johnstons won’t get me to the Maldives to search for Mom myself.
From Literature
“Not this one. I bet he’s thirteen feet if he’s an inch. Probably fifty or sixty years old. My daddy would flip if he was here.”
From Literature
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