sixteenth

[ siks-teenth ]

/ ˈsɪksˈtinθ /

adjective

next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.

being one of 16 equal parts.

noun

a sixteenth part, especially of one (1/16).

the sixteenth member of a series.

Music. sixteenth note.

Nearby words

sixpenny, sixte, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixteenpenny, sixteenth, sixteenth amendment, sixteenth note, sixteenth rest, sixth, sixth amendment

Origin of sixteenth

before 900; Middle English sixtenthe (see sixteen, -th²); replacing Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, Old English sixtēotha (see tithe)

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Examples from the Web for sixteenth

Protecting its most valued informant may well explain why it took decades to bring the Sixteenth Street Church bombers to justice.
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Was Rowe involved in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church?
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When I compare the position of the reader of to-day with that of his predecessor of the sixteenth century.
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On the sixteenth of December a last attempt was made to find the Trouwe.
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"We knew it was land beyond a doubt on the sixteenth," says Steller.
Vikings of the Pacific|Agnes C. Laut
Three months after my birth we "moved" a hundred miles; by my sixteenth year we had made eleven migrations.
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The Chateau de Tanlay is a superb relic of a sixteenth century work.
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British Dictionary definitions for sixteenth

sixteenth

/ (ˈsɪksˈtiːnθ) /

adjective

(usually prenominal)

coming after the fifteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of sixteen: often written 16th
(as noun)the sixteenth of the month

noun

one of 16 equal or nearly equal parts of something
(as modifier)a sixteenth part

the fraction that is equal to one divided by 16 (1/16)

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