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

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sixtieth sixtieths

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.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

In 1885, it decreed that all enslaved people would be free when they reached their sixtieth birthdays.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

He said his father owned one-one hundred sixtieth of some gas reserves and he might eventually benefit from the bill when he inherits that gas.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2018

Federal prosecutors in Ohio charged Josipović with immigration fraud, and, three weeks later, just days after his sixtieth birthday, he walked into the federal courthouse in Akron.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2018

Kathy noted that the perfect time for such a book to be published would be on my sixtieth birthday.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In fact they may be depended on almost to minutes of arc, i.e. to sixtieths of a degree.

From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir