[syn: sixty, 60, lx, threescore]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sixty \Six"ty\, a. [AS. siextig; akin to G. sechzig, Goth.
sa['i]hs tigjus. See Six, Ten, and cf. Sixteen.]
Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sixty \Six"ty\, n.; pl. Sixties.
1. The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sixty
adj 1: being ten more than fifty [syn: sixty, 60, lx,
threescore]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six
[syn: sixty, 60, LX]