Definitions for sixty
ˈsɪks tisix·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sixty, 60, LXadjective

   the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six

2. sixty, 60, lx, threescoreadjective

   being ten more than fifty

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sixtynumeral

   The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

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

1. Sixtyadjective

   Six times ten.

   Etymology: sixtig , Saxon.

   When the boats were come within sixty yards of the pillar, they found themselves all bound, and could go no farther. Francis Bacon.

   Of which 7 times 9, or the year 63, is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.

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1. sixty

   60 (sixty) (Listen ) is the natural number following 59 and preceding 61. Being three times 20, it is called threescore in older literature (kopa in Slavic, Schock in Germanic).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sixtyadjective

   six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore

2. Sixtynoun

   the sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects

3. Sixtynoun

   a symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX

4. Etymology: [AS. siextig; akin to G. sechzig, Goth. sahs tigjus. See Six, Ten, and cf. Sixteen.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sixty

   siks′ti, adj. and n. six times ten.—adj. and n. Six′tieth, the sixth tenth: the ordinal of sixty. [A.S. sixtig.]

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sixty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #329

Anagrams for sixty »

1. xysti

How to pronounce sixty?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sixty in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sixty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of sixty in a Sentence

1. Frank Mecum:

   Mid-nineties pickup trucks are the ones that make me scratch my head, we’re selling some of these low-mileage pickup trucks for fifty, sixty, seventy grand and they’re just normal pickup trucks.

2. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

   Sixty to seventy thousand people in the camps in north Aleppo are moving towards Turkey. My mind is not now in London, but on our border - how to relocate these new people coming from Syria? three hundred thousand people living in Aleppo are ready to move towards Turkey.

3. Margaret Czeisler:

   Sixty percent of [Generation Z] are already working in some capacity.

4. Donald Stratton:

   We got hit with the big bomb and that exploded like a million pounds of ammunition. The fireball went about sixty, seventy feet in the air, the explosion could have taken us away, but it didn't and thank God we made it across.

5. Mark Twain:

   This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.

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