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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024six•ty /ˈsɪksti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. [countable] - a cardinal number, ten times six.
- a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- sixties, the numbers from 60 through 69, as in the years of a lifetime or of a century or degrees of temperature.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to 60 in number.
Idioms- Idioms like sixty, [countable] with great speed, ease, energy, or zest.
six•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024six•ty (siks′tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. - a cardinal number, ten times six.
- a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- sixties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 60 through 69, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or noting degrees of temperature:Her grandfather is in his late sixties. The temperature is in the low sixties.
- like sixty, [Informal.]with great speed, ease, energy, or zest:Everyone was working like sixty to finish up before the holidays.
adj. - amounting to 60 in number.
- bef. 900; Middle English (adjective, adjectival and noun, nominal), Old English sixtig (adjective, adjectival); cognate with Dutch zestig, German sechzig, Old Norse sextigir. See six, -ty1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sixty /ˈsɪkstɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six
- a numeral, 60, LX, etc, representing sixty
- something represented by, representing, or consisting of 60 units
determiner - amounting to sixty: sixty soldiers
- (as pronoun): sixty are dead
Etymology: Old English sixtig |