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[ siks-tee-ith ] / ˈsɪks ti ɪθ /
adjectivenext after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60. being one of 60 equal parts. nouna sixtieth part, especially of one (1/60). the sixtieth member of a series. Origin of sixtiethbefore 1000; Middle English sixtithe, sixtiaghte,Old English sixtighetha, sixteoghotha;see sixty, -eth2 Words nearby sixtiethsixth man, sixth sense, sixth venereal disease, sixth year, sixth-year molar, sixtieth, Sixtine, Sixtus I, Sixtus II, Sixtus III, Sixtus IV Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sixtiethThe sixtieth anniversary issue of the magazine hits newsstands in December. Naomi Campbell Channels Michelle Obama For W Magazine; Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom Split|The Fashion Beast Team|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST When I first remember them they must have all been past their sixtieth birthdays, and were counted ladies of the old school. Life in the Confederate Army|Arthur Peronneau Ford All applications for provisions to be made to Mr. Johnstone, the quarter master of the sixtieth regiment. An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794,|Cooper Willyams Horne of the Anvil approached his sixtieth year full of vigor. The Sheriff of Badger|George B. Pattullo
If you serve with the troops, of whom I judge you to be a scout, you should know of such a regiment of the king as the Sixtieth. The Last of the Mohicans|James Fenimore Cooper On the sixtieth evening Mem Loimis gave Kut a basketful of water for his uncle in the west. Creation Myths of Primitive America|Jeremiah Curtin
British Dictionary definitions for sixtieth
adjective(usually prenominal) - being the ordinal number of sixty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 60th
- (as noun)the sixtieth in a row
noun- one of 60 approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier)a sixtieth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 60 (1/60) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |