Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈsɪksti/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈsɪksti/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Numeral
The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
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[…]the remaining three hundred and sixty words were then vetted with a battery of references. Six potential Mountweazels emerged.
The first sixty argam form the basis for my own sexagesimal use, in the accounting of my business and in the dimensioning of buildings.
Noun
A commercial lasting 60 seconds.
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More examples (1)
[…] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space.
Adjective
being ten more than fifty
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Noun
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six
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