sixty-two
- numeral
- /ˈsɪksti tu/
- The test had sixty-two questions, which was more than we expected.
- sixty-two percent
- hundred and sixty-two
Examples
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We ranged in age from fourteen to sixty-two.
Academic text (1999) -
Where am I going to get a job at the age of sixty-two?
Fiction book (1994) -
Sixty-two percent reported that they continue to refer to their programs as health and physical education.
Academic text (1997) -
Sixty-two percent of these people are in urban areas, and the rest are in rural areas.
Academic text (2006) -
Sixty-two percent said that they could teach a friend to make the recipe.
Academic text (2004) -
Sixty-two participants were students at a charter school, and 87 were enrolled at an alternative school.
Academic text (2004) -
Sixty-two percent of them had a master's degree, and 38% had a specialist degree or a doctorate.
Academic text (2002) -
In the same study, sixty-two percent of Black respondents indicated that Affirmative Action should continue, compared to 26 percent of Whites.
Academic text (2004) -
Sixty-two percent of the sample reported acquiring two (median value) or more syringes per acquisition.
Academic text (2004) -
My grandmother turned sixty-two last week and is planning a big birthday party.
Synonyms
The Roman numeral for sixty-two
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sixty-two comes from joining sixty ('six tens') and two, so it literally means 'six tens and two', which is the number 62.