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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
six·ty
[siks-tee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ties, adjective
[siks-tee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ties, adjective –noun
–adjective
—Idiom
| 1. | a cardinal number, ten times six. |
| 2. | a symbol for this number, as 60 or LX. |
| 3. | a set of this many persons or things. |
| 4. | sixties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 60 through 69, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or noting degrees of temperature: Her grandfather is in his late sixties. The temperature is in the low sixties. |
| 5. | amounting to 60 in number. |
| 6. | like sixty, Informal. with great speed, ease, energy, or zest: Everyone was working like sixty to finish up before the holidays. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| six·ty
(sĭks'tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. six·ties
[Middle English, from Old English sixtig; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.] six'ty adj. & pron. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| sixties | |
noun | |
| 1. | the decade from 1960 to 1969 |
| 2. | the time of life between 60 and 70 |
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