sixtieth
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- noun
- /ˈsɪkstiəθ/
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sexagésimo
- Compared to the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II, the sixtieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor did not receive wide media coverage in the U.S. or Japan.
- sixtieth anniversary
Examples
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The fiftieth had been a 'Jubilee'; let the sixtieth be the 'Jubilissimee,' so went one suggestion.
Academic text (1997) -
Sixtieth floor, people are trapped up there.
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But what ought this sixtieth anniversary of her accession be called?
Academic text (1997) -
On the other hand, the media coverage of the sixtieth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack in Japan was almost non-existent.
Academic text (2004) -
Without that all-important sixtieth vote, Democrats were no longer able to jam through their initiative in a strictly partisan way, as they could do in the majority-run House.
Academic text (2011) -
The celebration of the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversaries of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, therefore, was to constitute less a link with an ancient tradition than an essentially novel phenomenon.
Academic text (1997) -
It was the sixtieth demolitions package that they had handled since the previous morning, and they were all uneasily conscious of standing upon enough high-yield plastic explosives to destroy them in an apocalyptic flash.
Fiction book (2000) -
The sixtieth meeting occurred in November 1990.
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Since I had my sixtieth birthday, I've been using that expression a lot.
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But what ought this sixtieth anniversary of her accession be called?
Synonyms
The position that is number sixty in a list
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Etymology
Sixtieth comes from sixty, meaning 'six times ten', plus the ending -th that shows order, so it means 'number sixty' in a list.