sixty-three
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Definition
AdjectiveBeing three more than sixty; the cardinal number that is equal to 63.
Usage
This word is used to denote the specific quantity or count of sixty-three items, years, units, etc. It functions as a determiner before a noun or as a predicate adjective.
Examples
- The recipe calls for sixty-three grams of sugar.
- My grandmother is sixty-three years old.
- The final score was sixty-three to forty-seven.
Advanced Usage
- As a numeral in non-quantitative contexts: The number can be used as a label or identifier.
- He lives in apartment sixty-three.
- In mathematical expressions: Used to specify an exact value in equations or data.
- The equation simplifies to x = sixty-three.
Variants and Related Words
- 63: The Arabic numeral form.
- LXIII: The Roman numeral form.
- Sixty-third (Adjective & Noun): The ordinal form, meaning "constituting number sixty-three in a sequence."
- This is her sixty-third marathon. (Adjective)
- She finished in sixty-third. (Noun)
Synonyms
- 63
- LXIII
Different Meanings
This word has only one core meaning: the cardinal number between sixty-two and sixty-four.
Adjective
- being three more than sixty