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sixty-five

sixty-five

22 1.0
A number that comes after sixty and before sixty-six
  • numeral
translation icon : sesenta y cinco
  • The speed limit on this road is sixty-five miles per hour.
  • sixty-five percent
  • age sixty-five
  • sixty-five years

Examples

  • Overall, the Endolymphatic Subarachnoid Shunt Operation offered success in sixty-five percent of operations performed.

    Academic text (1995)
  • So what if they weren't able to retire at age sixty-five and buy a seaside bungalow?

    Fiction book (1999)
  • "The speed limit on that stretch is sixty-five" was all he had to say.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • We zipped along Loop 1 at about sixty-five because there was no traffic.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Only they paid me not a hundred bucks a week but sixty-five: no George Mashbitz suits for me.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • After celebrating sixty-five years of existence, Israel can confidently expect to overcome the challenges ahead.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The median-size state program serves only about sixty-five firms and 4,000 employees per year.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The colt was among the sixty-five horses and several colts that we lost during the voyage.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Longoria was born in Kenedy, Texas, a small community about sixty-five miles north of Corpus Christi.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In June 1976, a consent decree was approved requiring EPA to regulate sixty-five pollutants and classes of pollutants.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

LXV
vssixty-five
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A Roman numeral for 65

has identical numeric value but is written in modern digits or words

Surface Forms

sixty-five cardinal word
65 cardinal digit
sixty five cardinal word

Morphology

sixty-five = sixty + five (transparent) = sixty + five

The numeral is a standard tens+units compound and its value is directly computed (60 + 5).

Etymology

Sixty-five is a simple combination of sixty and five; sixty comes from six and ten meaning 'six tens', and sixty-five is just 'sixty plus five', which is why it refers to the number 65.