Pronunciation

/sɪksˈti/

Definitions

• Numeral: A cardinal number indicating the quantity 60. For example: “There are sixty students in the class.”
• Adjective: Referring to the number sixty or being the sixtieth in a series. For example: “The book is on page sixty.”
• Adverb: In terms of quantity or amount, equivalent to 60 units. For example: “She works sixty-hour weeks.”

Phrases

• “Sixty degrees Celsius” represents a temperature measurement.
• “Be sixty by sunset” means to reach or arrive at the age of 60 by a certain time.
• “Sixty minutes in an hour” refers to the standard duration of a unit of time.

Example Sentences

• Numeral: “They completed the marathon in just under sixty minutes.”
• Adjective: “The old clock showed sixty on the dial.”
• Adverb: “She had been working for sixty consecutive days without a break.”

Synonyms

• Half a hundred
• Three score
• Three dozen
• The sixtieth
• Sixty-mark