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单词 sixtieth
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sixtieth

(sɪkstiəθ)
Word forms:
ordinal number
The sixtieth item in a series is the one that you count as number sixty.
He is to retire on his sixtieth birthday.

sixtieth in British English

(ˈsɪkstɪəθ)
adjective
1. (usually prenominal)
a. 
being the ordinal number of sixty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 60th
b. 
(as noun)
the sixtieth in a row
noun
2. 
a. 
one of 60 approximately equal parts of something
b. 
(as modifier)
a sixtieth part
3. 
the fraction equal to one divided by 60 (1⁄60)

sixtieth in American English

(ˈsɪkstiɪθ)
adjective
1. 
preceded by fifty-nine others in a series; 60th
2. 
designating any of the sixty equal parts of something
noun
3. 
the one following the fifty-ninth
4. 
any of the sixty equal parts of something; 1⁄60
adverb
5. 
in the sixtieth place, rank, group, etc.
Word origin
ME sixtithe < OE sixteogotha < sixtig: see sixty & -th2

Examples of 'sixtieth' in a sentence
sixtieth

And Harley laughed, the dry choking laugh of a man who needs that sixtieth tube to finish the day.
Trenhalle, John A MEANS TO EVIL (1988)

In other languages
sixtieth

British English: sixtieth ADJECTIVE
The sixtieth item in a series is the one that you count as number sixty.
He is to retire on his sixtieth birthday.
  • American English: sixtieth
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sexagésimo
  • Chinese: 第六十个的
  • European Spanish: sexagésimo
  • French: soixantième
  • German: sechzigste
  • Italian: sessantesimo
  • Japanese: 60番目の
  • Korean: 60번째의
  • European Portuguese: sexagésimo
  • Latin American Spanish: sexagésimo

Chinese translation of 'sixtieth'

sixtieth

(ˈsɪkstɪɪθ)

num

  1. 第六十 (dì liùshí)
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