sixtiesnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈsɪk.stiz/us/ˈsɪk.stiz/A person's sixties are the period in which they are aged between 60 and 69:
Many people retire in their sixties.
the sixties
the range of temperature between 60° and 69° Fahrenheit:
The temperature is usually in the sixties at this time of year.
B2 the decade (= period of ten years) between 60 and 69 in any century, usually 1960–1969:
The Beatles made their first hit records in the sixties.
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Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone
- junior
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- senior
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- this side of sth idiom
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
- year
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