sixty-seven
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Being seven more than sixty: The cardinal number that is the sum of sixty and seven; 67.
Usage
- The word "sixty-seven" is used as a determiner or adjective to specify a quantity of exactly 67 items, years, units, etc. It is a compound numeral formed from the base numbers "sixty" and "seven."
Examples
- Adjective:
- The recipe requires sixty-seven grams of sugar.
- She collected sixty-seven different species of butterflies.
- My grandfather is sixty-seven years old.
Advanced Usage
- As a nominal (noun): While primarily an adjective, "sixty-seven" can function as a noun when referring to the number itself.
- Sixty-seven is a prime number.
- In sequential or ordinal contexts: The ordinal form is "sixty-seventh."
- He finished in sixty-seventh place.
Variants and Related Words
- Sixty-seventh (adj, n): Constituting number sixty-seven in a sequence; the ordinal form.
- 67 (n): The Arabic numeral representation.
- LXVII (n): The Roman numeral representation.
Synonyms
- 67: The numeric form.
- LXVII: The Roman numeral form.
Related Phrases
- Sixty-seven percent: A common phrase for expressing a proportion.
- Sixty-seven percent of the voters approved the measure.
Adjective
- being seven more than sixty