sixtieth
[siks-tee-ith]
- next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.
- being one of 60 equal parts.
- a sixtieth part, especially of one (1/60).
- the sixtieth member of a series.
Origin of sixtieth
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Contemporary Examples
The sixtieth anniversary issue of the magazine hits newsstands in December.
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Historical Examples
He died in April 1699, soon after he had entered his sixtieth year.
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The most part have died at or about their twelve hundred and sixtieth year.
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The twenty-fourth day of the first moon of the sixtieth year of the reign of Kien Long.
Up there, the lights on the sixtieth floor gleamed in the night.
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He was born March 2, 1316, and in 1375 was in his sixtieth year.
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sixtieth
- (usually prenominal)
- being the ordinal number of sixty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 60th
- (as noun)the sixtieth in a row
- one of 60 approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier)a sixtieth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by 60 (1/60)
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Word Origin and History for sixtieth
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