Sixty

/ˈsɪksti/

Meaning & Definition

noun

The numerical value of sixty.

Sixty is a significant number in many cultures.

A group or set of sixty items.

The event attracted a turnout of sixty.

adjective

The number following fifty-nine and preceding sixty-one; the cardinal number equivalent to the product of six and ten.

She is sixty years old today.

Representing a total of sixty in quantity.

You need sixty apples for the recipe.

Used to denote an interval of sixty units in time, measure, or score.

The meeting will last for sixty minutes.

From Old English 'sixtig', meaning 'six tens'.

sixty seconds

A minute.

sixty-four thousand dollar question

A difficult question that is crucial to the outcome.

sixty-one

The number after sixty.

sixty-two

The number after sixty-one.

Sixty can refer to an age characteristic.

She's the life of the party at sixty!