sixty-two

[ siks-tee-too ]

/ ˈsɪks tiˈtu /

a cardinal number, 60 plus 2.

a symbol for this number, as 62 or LXII.

a set of this many persons or things.

amounting to 62 in number.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 10

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He made a successful second marriage before alcohol and cigarettes killed him at sixty-two.
What Harvard’s Grant Study Reveals about Happiness and Life|Dan Slater|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Sixty-two percent of men admit to having sexually harassed women.
Sexual Assault as Political Tool: Men Attacking Women at Tahrir Square|Sarah A. Topol|June 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Her birthday was the third of last month and she was sixty-two.
L'Assommoir|Emile Zola
At the late Presidential election I have received one hundred and sixty-two votes against fourteen only.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson

Brantme saw her when she had come to sixty-two, and was struck by her freshness, "sans se farder," as of thirty.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume II (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
This tower is now sixty-two feet high, and fifty-six feet in circumference.
Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum|John Healy
Rodney at that time was nearly sixty-two, and a constant martyr to gout in both feet and hands.
The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence|A. T. Mahan