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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.
[Middle English, from Old English sixtig; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]
six′ty adj. & pron.sixty (ˈsɪkstɪ) n, pl -ties1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six. See also number12. (Mathematics) a numeral, 60, LX, etc, representing sixty3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 60 unitsdeterminera. amounting to sixty: sixty soldiers. b. (as pronoun): sixty are dead. [Old English sixtig]six•ty (ˈsɪks ti)
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adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, ten times six. 2. a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. sixties, the numbers from 60 through 69, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature. adj. 5. amounting to 60 in number. Idioms: like sixty, with great speed, ease, or zest. [before 900] six′ti•eth, adj., n. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  sixty - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six60, LXlarge integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten | | Adj. | 1. |  sixty - being ten more than fifty 60, lx, threescorecardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
Translationssixty (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sixty
like sixtyVery quickly. We need to drive like sixty in order to get there on time!See also: like, sixtythe sixty-four-thousand-dollar questionA question that is very important and/or difficult to answer. Taken from the title of the 1950s television game show based on the earlier radio program Take It or Leave It, which popularized the phrase "the sixty-four-dollar question." The sixty-four-thousand-dollar question now is whether he should choose his former opponent as a running mate. A: "Do you want to get Italian or Chinese tonight?" B: "Well, that's the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, isn't it?"See also: questionthe sixty-four-dollar questionA question that is very important and/or difficult to answer. Taken from the title of the 1940s radio program Take It or Leave It, in which the big prize was 64 silver dollars. The sixty-four-dollar question now is whether he should choose his former opponent as a running mate. A: "Do you want to get Italian or Chinese tonight?" B: "Well, that's the sixty-four-dollar question, isn't it?"See also: questionsixty-nine1. noun, vulgar slang A sexual position in which two partners perform oral sex on one another simultaneously. An allusion to the suggestive appearance of the numeral 69.2. verb, vulgar slang To perform such a sexual act with another person.sixty-four-dollar questionFig. the most important question; the question that everyone wants to know the answer to. Who will win? Now, that is the sixty-four-dollar question. Now for the sixty-four-dollar question. What's the stock market going to do this year?See also: questionthe sixty-four thousand dollar question something that is not known and on which a great deal depends. This expression dates from the 1940s and was originally the sixty-four dollar question , from a question posed for the top prize in a broadcast quiz show. 1996 Independent Will conversion make the society a better business? That is the $64,000 question. See also: dollar, question, thousandthe sixty-four thousand dollar ˈquestion (also the million dollar ˈquestion) a very important question which is difficult or impossible to answer: The sixty-four thousand dollar question for modern astronomy is ‘Is there life elsewhere in the universe?’This phrase originated in the 1940s as ‘the sixty-four dollar question’. It came from a popular US radio quiz programme at the time on which the top prize was $64.See also: dollar, question, thousandthe sixty-four-dollar question n. the most important question; the question that everyone wants to know the answer to. When? Now, that is the sixty-four-dollar question. See also: questionsixty-nine n. an act of mutual oral sex. (Based on the interlocking numerals in 69. Usually objectionable.) The old lady caught them in the bushes doing a sixty-nine. sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, theThe hardest question of all; the crucial question. This term comes from the name of a popular television quiz show of the 1950s in which $64,000 was the top prize. It in turn may have been an inflation of the earlier sixty-four dollar question, named for the top prize on a CBS radio quiz show Take It or Leave It, which ran throughout the 1940s. This cliché may soon join its forerunner in obsolescence.$64 questionThe essential or ultimate question. One of the most popular radio quiz shows during the 1940s was Take It or Leave It in which contestants strived to answer question after question until they reached the top prize of sixty-four silver dollars. The questions increased in difficulty, and at any point contestants could choose to stop and keep the amount of money they had won to that point. The phrase “$64 dollar question” became a catchword to the point that it became the program's name, and people applied the phrase to any very important question or matter. Even more popular was the 1950s television spinoff, The $64,000 Question, with the phrase, now adjusted to inflation, catching on in popular speech, but not to the extent that its antecedent did.See also: questionsixty
sixty1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six 2. a numeral, 60, LX, etc., representing sixty MedicalSeelxsixty
Synonyms for sixtynoun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and sixSynonymsRelated Wordsadj being ten more than fiftySynonymsRelated Words |