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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024six•teenth (siks′tēnth′),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the fifteenth;
being the ordinal number for 16. - being one of 16 equal parts.
n. - a sixteenth part, esp. of one (1⁄16).
- the sixteenth member of a series.
- [Music.]See sixteenth note.
- bef. 900; Middle English sixtenthe (see sixteen, -th2); replacing Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, Old English sixtēotha (see tithe)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈsixˈteenth /ˈsɪksˈtiːnθ/ adj - (usually prenominal) coming after the fifteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of sixteen: often written 16th
- (as noun): the sixteenth of the month
n - one of 16 equal or nearly equal parts of something
- (as modifier): a sixteenth part
- the fraction that is equal to one divided by 16 ( 1⁄16)
six•teen /ˈsɪksˈtin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cardinal number, ten plus six.
- a symbol for this number, as 16 or XVI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to 16 in number.
six•teenth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024six•teen (siks′tēn′),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, ten plus six.
- a symbol for this number, as 16 or XVI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. - amounting to 16 in number.
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English sixtēne; cognate with Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Old Norse sextān. See six, -teen
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