sixtieth

[ siks-tee-ith ]

/ ˈsɪks ti ɪθ /

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adjective

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

being one of 60 equal parts.

noun

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

the sixtieth member of a series.

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Origin of sixtieth

before 1000; Middle English sixtithe, sixtiaghte,Old English sixtighetha, sixteoghotha;see sixty, -eth²

Words nearby sixtieth

sixth man, sixth sense, sixth venereal disease, sixth year, sixth-year molar, sixtieth, Sixtine, Sixtus I, Sixtus II, Sixtus III, Sixtus IV

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How to use sixtieth in a sentence

The sixtieth anniversary issue of the magazine hits newsstands in December.
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Up there, the lights on the sixtieth floor gleamed in the night.
The Penal Cluster|Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
The sweating may be controlled by small doses of atropia, from the one-sixtieth to the one-thirtieth of a grain.
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If you serve with the troops, of whom I judge you to be a scout, you should know of such a regiment of the king as the Sixtieth.
The Last of the Mohicans|James Fenimore Cooper

He was nearing his sixtieth year now, and he looked and seemed much older.
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Across the street was the Lasser Building; high up on the sixtieth floor, a whole suite of offices was brightly lit.
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British Dictionary definitions for sixtieth

sixtieth

/ (ˈsɪkstɪəθ) /

adjective

(usually prenominal)

being the ordinal number of sixty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 60th
(as noun)the sixtieth in a row

noun

one of 60 approximately equal parts of something
(as modifier)a sixtieth part

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

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