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sixty-two

sixty-two

3 1.0
The number you get when you add sixty and two
  • numeral
  • /ˈsɪksti tu/
translation icon : sesenta y dos
  • The test had sixty-two questions, which was more than we expected.
  • sixty-two percent
  • hundred and sixty-two

Examples

  • 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

LXII
vssixty-two
8.1

The Roman numeral for sixty-two

is the same number expressed in words or Arabic digits

Surface Forms

sixty-two cardinal word
62 cardinal digit
62nd ordinal digit
sixty second ordinal word

Morphology

sixty-two = sixty + two (transparent) = sixty + two

As a numeral, the word is a direct compound of 'sixty' and 'two' indicating 62.

Etymology

Sixty-two comes from joining sixty ('six tens') and two, so it literally means 'six tens and two', which is the number 62.