sixty-two

Thân thiện

A child counts sixty-two colorful marbles on the floor.

Definition

Adjective: Being two more than sixty; the number 62.

Usage

This word is a cardinal number used for counting, ordering, or labeling a quantity exactly two greater than sixty. * The recipe calls for sixty-two grams of sugar. * She scored sixty-two points in the game. * Page sixty-two contains the answer.

Advanced Usage

• As a determiner: It can directly modify a noun without "of" when referring to a specific, countable group.
  • Sixty-two participants completed the survey.
• In compound numbers: It forms the base for numbers between sixty-two and sixty-nine.
  • sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four...
• With "of" for part of a whole: Used with "of the" to specify a subset.
  • Sixty-two of the original seventy samples were usable.

Variants and Related Words

• 62 (adj/n): The Arabic numeral form.
• LXII (adj/n): The Roman numeral form.
• sixty-second (adj): Ordinal number; coming next after the sixty-first in position.
  • This is the sixty-second edition of the annual report.

Synonyms

• 62
• LXII

Different Meanings

This word functions exclusively as a numeral and does not have other distinct meanings. Its sole purpose is to denote the specific cardinal number 62.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being two more than sixty

Từ đồng nghĩa

• 62
• lxii