sixty-second

[ siks-tee-sek-uh nd ]

/ ˈsɪks tiˈsɛk ənd /

adjective

next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.

being one of 62 equal parts.

noun

a sixty-second part, especially of one (1/62).

the sixty-second member of a series.

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Which of the following bird names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?

owl

crow

piranha

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Words nearby sixty-second

sixty-fourth note, sixty-fourth rest, sixty-nine, sixty-ninth, sixty-one, sixty-second, sixty-seven, sixty-seventh, sixty-six, sixty-sixth, sixty-third

Example sentences from the Web for sixty-second

Just as Palmer, taken in sixty-second doses, seems relaxed, so, measured over hours, he seems in need of a sedative.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He died suddenly on the 16th of March, 1864, in his sixty-second year.
English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century.|Graham Everitt
Aliottus had been told to be careful in his sixty-second year, as his life would then be in danger.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy|Jacob Burckhardt
In her sixty-second year Harriett had her first bad illness.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean|May Sinclair

To these the sixty-second section of the Act does not apply.
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles|Daniel Hack Tuke
He died in his house at Auteuil, on August 21, 1814, in the sixty-second year of his age.
Heroes of Science: Physicists|William Garnett