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sixty-three

sixty-three

11 1.0
A number three more than sixty
  • numeral
translation icon : sesenta y tres
  • There are sixty-three students enrolled in the advanced math class this semester.
  • sixty-three percent
  • sixty-three years
  • sixty-three-year-old

Examples

  • The temperature today is expected to reach sixty-three degrees Fahrenheit.

  • Each student can complete the test administration booklet in approximately sixty-three minutes.

    Academic text (2005)
  • His name is Charlie Swan, and his wife of sixty-three years was also with him.

    Blog text (11)
  • Teachers serve on the staff of NBPTS, and the majority of the sixty-three National Board members are teachers.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Of all Hispanics living in the United States, approximately sixty-three percent are Chicanos.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The month-long siege proved an arduous trial indeed for the sixty-three-year-old governor.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Surveys show that in Canada, sixty-three percent of consumers are currently unwilling to use the Internet to transact business.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Now I'm sixty-three and don't look a day over fifty-nine, she told herself happily.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • In 1955, there were sixty-three standing committees and subcommittees; by 1975, there were 142.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Pope Pius XII, the sixty-three-year-old Pacelli, did not continue his predecessor's combative policies.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

63
vssixty-three
183 1.0

The number after sixty-two

is the word form rather than the digit form
lxiii
vssixty-three
9.9

A Roman way of writing the number sixty-three

is the word form rather than a Roman numeral representation

Surface Forms

sixty-three cardinal word
63 cardinal digit
63rd ordinal digit

Morphology

sixty-three = sixty + three (transparent) = six + three + ty

A straightforward hyphenated compound numeral: 'sixty' + 'three' = 63; learners who know the component numerals can compute the value.

Etymology

Sixty-three is made from the two parts sixty and three. Sixty means 'six tens' and three means 'three', so sixty-three means 'six tens and three more', which is why it is the number 63.