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Sixty Moderate

Sixty has 3 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Num

Definitions
Noun
1

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six

"The clock struck sixty minutes into our meeting."

Adjective
1

being ten more than fifty

"The crowd numbered sixty, which is exactly ten people more than the fifty we expected to arrive."

Num
1

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

"The bus arrived at exactly sixty minutes past noon."

See Also
minute hour year threescore sixty one fiftysomething sixtyfold sixtieth
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
large integer

Origin

Sixty comes from Old English, originally meaning "six times ten." It shares a common Germanic root with related words in Dutch, German, and Scandinavian languages.

Rhyming Words
boxty planxty mixty maxty north of sixty
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