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sixty-fourth

sixty-fourth

1.1
Being number sixty-four in a list or order
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪksti fɔrθ/
translation icon : sexagésimo cuarto
  • He celebrated his sixty-fourth birthday with his family and friends.

Examples

  • Don't forget your sixty-fourth birthday!

  • The artist painted a beautiful mural for her sixty-fourth exhibition.

  • She finished in sixty-fourth place out of hundreds of competitors.

  • Today marks the sixty-fourth anniversary of the founding of the school.

  • He is sixty-fourth.

  • In the race, she finished in sixty-fourth place out of over two hundred competitors.

  • He celebrated his sixty-fourth anniversary with a grand party.

Synonyms

64th
vssixty-fourth
5 1.0

At position sixty-four in a list or order

has identical meaning but is written in words rather than numerals

Surface Forms

sixty-fourth positive
sixty fourth positive

Morphology

sixty-fourth = sixty-four (transparent) = sixty + four + th

Regular ordinal formation: the suffix '-th' is added to the cardinal 'sixty-four' to form the ordinal.

Etymology

Sixty-fourth comes from the number sixty-four plus the ending -th, which marks a place in a line or race; so sixty-fourth simply means 'number 64 in order', like finishing 64th in a contest.