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6️⃣ Number 60th 6️⃣ Number 60 position 🧩 One of sixty parts
sixtieth

sixtieth

2 1.0
Coming in position number sixty in a list
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪkstiəθ/
translation icon : sexagésimo
  • If this was my sixtieth year, I feared sixty-one.
  • the sixtieth anniversary

Examples

  • In 1907, citizens of Washington celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of Whitman's death and listened to Cushing Eells' grandson recount the story of Whitman's ride.

    Academic text (2018)

  • This winter, after my sixtieth birthday, I began to write about myself in the third person.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The picture was of me, her, and Jack celebrating her sixtieth birthday.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Eventually, shortly after her sixtieth birthday, she went deaf.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • He was coming up on his sixtieth birthday, after all.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • This issue marked the sixtieth anniversary of Music Educators Journal with a design showing representative cover images from 1914 to 1974.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The Music Library Association (MLA) will hold its sixtieth annual conference February 13-16, 1991, at the Hilton-at-the-Circle in Indianapolis, Indiana.

    Academic text (1990)

  • In 2009, to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of missionary Homo Herbert's death (1949), the music CD "Arirang of Rice Song" was released.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Today we celebrated my grandfather's sixtieth birthday with a big family gathering.

  • As she turned sixtieth, she reflected on all the wonderful moments of her life.

Synonyms

60th
vssixtieth
1.0

The position that is number sixty in a list

is written in letters rather than digits

Compounds

one-sixtieth
3.8

One of sixty equal parts of a whole

How High

seventieth
1 1.0
65th
8 1.0
64th
5 1.0
sixtieth
2 1.0

Surface Forms

sixtieth positive

Morphology

sixtieth = sixty (transparent) = sixty + th

Standard ordinal formation from 'sixty' to denote position; the morphological relation is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Sixtieth comes from sixty, meaning 'six times ten', and the ending -th makes it an order word, so calling something the sixtieth means it is the '60th' in order.