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hundred-and-sixtieth

hundred-and-sixtieth

1.3
The position number 160 in a list
  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌndrəd ənd ˈsɪkstiəθ/
: centésimo sexagésimo
  • This is the hundred-and-sixtieth anniversary of the town's founding.

Examples

  • His office is on the hundred-and-sixtieth floor of the building.

  • It is the hundred-and-sixtieth day.

  • She finished in hundred-and-sixtieth place out of nearly two thousand participants.

  • She finished hundred-and-sixtieth.

  • She finished in hundred-and-sixtieth place in the race, which was a significant achievement among so many competitors.

  • This year marks the hundred-and-sixtieth anniversary of the company's founding, celebrating its long history.

  • Our team reached the hundred-and-sixtieth milestone in the project, showing our progress over the last few months.

Synonyms

160th
vshundred-and-sixtieth
2 1.0

Number in a list that comes after one hundred fifty-nine and before one hundred sixty-one

is written in words rather than digits

Surface Forms

hundred-and-sixtieth positive

Morphology

hundred-and-sixtieth = hundred-and-sixty (transparent) = hundred + sixty + th

The suffix '-th' is a standard ordinal marker in English, making the transformation transparent.

Etymology

The word hundred-and-sixtieth is built from the number parts hundred meaning 'one hundred' and sixty meaning 'sixty' plus the ordinal ending -th meaning 'in order' or 'place'. So, hundred-and-sixtieth means '160th', the thing in the 160th place.