sixtieth

American  

[siks-tee-ith] / ˈsɪks ti ɪθ /

adjective

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

2. being one of 60 equal parts.

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noun

sixtieths plural

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

2. the sixtieth member of a series.

sixtieth British  

/ 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

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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 )

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sixtieths
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sixtieth

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

Example Sentences

A reporter named Neil Vigdor, a nice guy in shirtsleeves and khakis, his Times badge hanging from his neck, stopped Renée on the corner of Sixtieth and Broadway to ask her a few questions.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019

She soon began working evenings at the Diesel store at the corner of Sixtieth and Lexington.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

“And I, sir, am Captain Wharton, of his Majesty’s Sixtieth regiment of foot,” returned Henry, bowing stiffly, and recovering his natural manner.

From The Spy Condensed for use in schools by Cooper, J. Fenimore

Less than half a mile above, between One Hundred and Sixtieth and One Hundred and Sixty-second streets, and not extending east of Tenth Avenue, or the old Post Road, was the third line.

From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.

Four more Open Air Schools have since been established, three on ferryboats and one on the roof of the Vanderbilt Clinic at West Sixtieth street.

From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various