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six·ty
I. \ˈsikstē\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sixtig, siextig, n., group of 60, from six, siex six + -tig group of ten — more at six, eighty
: being one more than 59 in number
< sixty years >
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in const
: 60 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< sixty are here >
< sixty were found >
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English, from sixty, adjective
1. : six tens : twice 30 : 12 fives : four fifteens : three twenties : three score : five dozen
2.
a. : 60 units or objects
< a total of sixty >
b. : a group or set of 60
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 60
4. : the 60th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 60th size
5. : something having as an essential feature 60 units or members
6. sixties plural
a. : the numbers 60 to 69 inclusive
< a golf score in the sixties >
< all his grades in that subject are in the sixties >
b. : the members of a series or set of successive numbers that end in 60 to 69 inclusive
< the sixties of the preceding century >
< lives in the sixties in the next block >
c. : the portion of a continuum lying between 60 and 70 on a scale of measure or segmentation
< temperatures in the high sixties tomorrow >
< a man in his sixties >
< overcoats selling in the sixties >
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