sixty
/'siksti/
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Definition
Cardinal Number:
- The number equivalent to the product of ten and six; the number 60. It follows fifty-nine and precedes sixty-one.
- A symbol representing this number, such as 60 or LX.
Adjective:
- Amounting to sixty in number.
- Being ten more than fifty.
Examples of Usage
- As a Cardinal Number:
- The recipe calls for sixty grams of sugar.
- There are sixty seconds in a minute.
- As an Adjective:
- She has collected sixty rare stamps.
- The temperature reached sixty degrees Fahrenheit.
Advanced Usage
- The Sixties (plural noun): Refers to the years from 1960 to 1969 in a century, most commonly the 20th century.
- My parents grew up in the sixties.
- In one's sixties (plural noun): Refers to the period of a person's life when they are aged between 60 and 69.
- He learned to paint in his sixties.
- Sixty-something (adjective/noun, informal): Used to indicate an age between 60 and 69, or a person of that age.
- A sixty-something entrepreneur started a new company.
Variants and Related Words
- Sixtieth (adjective): Constituting number sixty in a sequence; 60th.
- This is my grandfather's sixtieth birthday.
- Sixtieth (noun): Each of sixty equal parts of something.
- A sixtieth of the total revenue.
- Sixtyfold (adjective/adverb): Sixty times as much or as many.
- The investment saw a sixtyfold increase.
Synonyms
- Three score (archaic/literary): An old term for sixty, based on the unit of a "score" (twenty).
- The king reigned for three score years.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Like sixty (idiom, informal/dated): With great speed, energy, or intensity.
- He was running like sixty to catch the bus.
- Sixty-four-thousand-dollar question (idiom): A crucial or very difficult question. (Derived from the prize on a 1950s quiz show).
- The sixty-four-thousand-dollar question is whether the new policy will work.
Adjective
- being ten more than fifty
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six