sixty

[ siks-tee ]

noun

, plural six·ties.

1. a cardinal number, ten times six.
2. a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. sixties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 60 through 69, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or noting degrees of temperature:

   Her grandfather is in his late sixties. The temperature is in the low sixties.

adjective

1. amounting to 60 in number.

sixty

/ ˈsɪkstɪ /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six See also number
2. a numeral, 60, LX, etc, representing sixty
3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 60 units

determiner

1. 1. amounting to sixty

      sixty soldiers

   2. ( as pronoun )

      sixty are dead

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixty¹

before 900; Middle English (adj. and noun), Old English sixtig (adj.); cognate with Dutch zestig, German sechzig, Old Norse sextigir. See six, -ty ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixty¹

Old English sixtig

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. like sixty, Informal. with great speed, ease, energy, or zest:

   Everyone was working like sixty to finish up before the holidays.

Example Sentences

Sixty-seven Republicans voted against it, a margin in line with estimates of many conservatives from earlier in the day.

From The Daily Beast

Requests received more than sixty (60) days after January 31st, 2015, will not be honored.

From The Daily Beast

Sixty vaccinators have been killed in the area in the last few years.

From The Daily Beast

But a recently purchased automated bottling line has increased their output to sixty cases per hour.

From The Daily Beast

“Sixty-five years altogether,” she pointed out with a laugh.

From The Daily Beast

But what might have been very practicable for eight hundred and sixty men, was impossible for three hundred and sixty.

From Project Gutenberg

At that time, the postage on letters from that region was very high, sometimes as much as fifty or sixty cents, or even a dollar.

From Project Gutenberg

Fujiyama, the noted volcano of Japan, is twelve thousand three hundred and sixty-five feet high.

From Project Gutenberg

Madame Coquereau, in spite of her sixty-five years trudged along with springing step.

From Project Gutenberg

We are going to send our butler to the sale to-morrow, to pick up some of that sixty-four.

From Project Gutenberg