sixties

six·ty

S0442100 (sĭks′tē)n. pl. six·ties 1. The cardinal number equal to 6 × 10.2. sixtiesa. A decade or the numbers from 60 to 69: They planned to retire in their sixties. The breeze kept the temperature in the sixties.b. often Sixties The decade from 60 to 69 in a century.

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[Middle English, from Old English sixtig; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]

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six′ty adj. & pron.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sixties - the decade from 1960 to 1969 1960sdecade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
	2.	sixties - the time of life between 60 and 70 mid-sixtiestime of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life stateeld, geezerhood, old age, years, age - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"

Translations

六七十度六十年代六十来岁

sixty

(ˈsiksti) noun1. the number or figure 60. 六十 六十2. the age of 60. 六十歲 六十岁 adjective1. 60 in number. 六十個的 六十...2. aged 60. 六十歲的 六十岁的ˈsixties noun plural1. the period of time between one's sixtieth and seventieth birthdays. 六十到七十歲之間 六十来岁2. the range of temperatures between sixty and seventy degrees. (溫度)六十到七十度 （温度）六七十度 3. the period of time between the sixtieth and seventieth years of a century. 六十年代 六十年代ˈsixtieth noun1. one of sixty equal parts. 六十分之一 六十分之一2. (also adjective) (the) last of sixty (people, things etc); (the) next after the fifty-ninth. 第六十(個) 第六十（个） sixty- having sixty (of something). a sixty-page supplement. 六十... 六十...ˈsixty-year-old noun a person or animal that is sixty years old. 六十歲 六十岁 adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is sixty years old. 六十歲的 六十岁的