sixteenth
Americanadjective
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next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.
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being one of 16 equal parts.
noun
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a sixteenth part, especially of one (1/16).
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the sixteenth member of a series.
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Music. sixteenth note.
Etymology
Origin of sixteenth
before 900; Middle English sixtenthe ( sixteen, -th 2 ); replacing Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, Old English sixtēotha ( tithe )
Example Sentences
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My sixteenth birthday was on the ninth of February, 1945, a day I shall never forget, and not because I had lots of presents, or lots of friends to the house for a party.
From Literature
Gosh, I was sick of that date, and it wasn’t just because that is when our sixteenth president was assassinated.
From Literature
“Tryouts are the Friday before holiday break. December sixteenth, I believe.”
From Literature
She’s 16, and by now she knows how to issue perfect sound bites: “I think every citizen should be given an electric guitar on her sixteenth birthday.”
From Salon
Surely Penelope’s former headmistress would never have forgotten her sixteenth birthday!
From Literature
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