Definitions for sixteen
ˈsɪksˈtinsix·teen

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sixteen, 16, XVIadjective

   the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one

2. sixteen, 16, xviadjective

   being one more than fifteen

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sixteenadjective

   Six and ten.

   Etymology: sixtyne , Saxon.

   I have been begging sixteen years in court. William Shakespeare.

   It returned the voice thirteen times; and I have heard of others that it would return sixteen times. Francis Bacon.

   If men lived but twenty years, we should be satisfied if they died about sixteen or eighteen. Taylor.

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1. Sixteen

   Sixteen is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding, released as a single through Polydor Records on 12 April 2019. It was co-written by Goulding with Raye and Fred, and produced by Ian Kirkpatrick, Fred and Mike Wise. Goulding has said the song is about the "reckless days of adolescence".

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1. sixteen

   Sixteen is a number in the decimal number system, represented as 16, and it is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. It is an even number and is considered one of the integers. It also corresponds to one dozen plus four in the duodecimal number system, and is written as 10 in hexadecimal. Furthermore, it can be identified as the age of consent in many jurisdictions, the minimum driving and voting age in many countries, and a symbol of adolescence.

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1. Sixteenadjective

   six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more

2. Sixteennoun

   the number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects

3. Sixteennoun

   a symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi

4. Etymology: [AS. sixtne, sixtne. See Six, and Ten, and cf. Sixty.]

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1. Sixteen

   Sixteen was a Polish band, which was founded in 1997 and disbanded in 2004. Renata Dąbkowska is its lead singer, and it represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. Their debut album "Lawa" was released in 1997. During the later part of 1998, the band became known as Seventeen and sometimes Sixteen-Seventeen.

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1. sixteen

   Song lyrics by sixteen -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by sixteen on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sixteen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #776

How to pronounce sixteen?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sixteen in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sixteen in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sixteen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sixteen in a Sentence

1. Caitlin Sutherland:

   These newest tax records show just how much dark money the largest, extremist eco group spent on radical energy policies and influencing jet-setting officials like Pete Buttigieg, and a massive, single contribution from Arabella’s Sixteen Thirty Fund helped their revenues soar as they spent tens of millions to prop up Biden’s failing agenda on climate and jobs.

2. Roland Fletcher:

   Really what you need to do is look at water, because water is how Angkor worked, go somewhere like the West Baray, which is just staggering. Sixteen square kilometers of engineered water. The guides have almost nothing to say about it all.

3. Tim Kaine:

   Sixteen years is very unwise to let war happen on auto-pilot.

4. Albert Einstein:

   Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen.

5. Bernard Mannes Baruch:

   I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sixteen
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sixteen
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixteen
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sixteen