sixtieth

[siks-tee-ith]

adjective

1. next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.

2. being one of 60 equal parts.

noun

1. a sixtieth part, especially of one (1/60).

2. the sixtieth member of a series.

ˈsixtieth

/ ˈsɪkstɪəθ /

adjective

1. (usually prenominal)

   1. being the ordinal number of sixty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 60th

   2. ( as noun )

      the sixtieth in a row

noun

1. 1. one of 60 approximately equal parts of something

   2. ( as modifier )

      a sixtieth part

2. the fraction equal to one divided by 60 ( 1/ 60 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixtieth¹

before 1000; Middle English sixtithe, sixtiaghte, Old English sixtighetha, sixteoghotha; sixty, -eth ²

Example Sentences

The three are gathering this weekend in Las Vegas for the big game, and they’re hoping they can all make it to the sixtieth edition of the game two years from now.

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Ocean rollers can travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the sixtieth parallel and never bump into anything.

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On January 9, Nixon’s sixtieth birthday, Kissinger cabled the news to Washington.

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“Now, Grandma’s sixtieth birthday! Long life to her, with three times three!”

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For his sixtieth birthday celebration, the Queen Mother came.

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