[syn: sixteen, 16, xvi]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sixteen \Six"teen`\, a. [AS. sixt?ne, sixt?ne. See Six, and
Ten, and cf. Sixty.]
Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sixteen \Six"teen`\, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten
and six; sixteen units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sixteen
adj 1: being one more than fifteen [syn: sixteen, 16, xvi]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
[syn: sixteen, 16, XVI]