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- [siks-tee]
- /ˈsɪks ti/
- /ˈsɪksti/
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- [siks-tee]
- /ˈsɪks ti/
Definitions of sixty word
- noun plural sixty a cardinal number, ten times six. 1
- noun plural sixty a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX. 1
- noun plural sixty a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun plural sixty 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. 1
- adjective sixty amounting to 60 in number. 1
- idioms sixty like sixty, Informal. with great speed, ease, energy, or zest: Everyone was working like sixty to finish up before the holidays. 1
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Origin of sixty
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (adj. and noun), Old English sixtig (adj.); cognate with Dutch zestig, German sechzig, Old Norse sextigir. See six, -ty1
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Parts of speech for Sixty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sixty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sixty usage trend in Literature
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