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

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 )

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

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.

“To carry out the terms of the will, which are as follows: namely, to turn over to you, but without power of conveyance, the paternal domicile on West Sixtieth Street with all its contents.”

From The Wall Street Girl by Wolfe, George Ellis

Naturally there was much discussion concerning the defects of our financial system, of the needs of elastic currency, of a central bank, etc., when the Sixtieth Congress met in December, 1907.

From History of the United States, Volume 6 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin