sixty-seven

American  

[siks-tee-sev-uhn] / ˈsɪks tiˈsɛv ən /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 67 or LXVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 67 in number.

Example Sentences

Nitrogen oxide emissions dropped by as much as sixty-seven percent, while particulate matter declined by up to sixty-eight percent compared with standard diesel fuel.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

But even the organization that unveiled the winning word -- pronounced "six-seven" and never "sixty-seven" -- admitted it was not exactly sure about its meaning.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

State senates range in size from twenty members in Alaska to sixty-seven members in Minnesota.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Underwritten by the taxpayer—to the tune of sixty-seven million pounds for the Queen’s expenses alone last year, including a costly refurbishment of Buckingham Palace—the royals are, up to a point, public property.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 14, 2019

The Yellowstone eruption of two million years ago put out enough ash to bury New York State to a depth of sixty-seven feet or California to a depth of twenty.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson