Meaning

1 senses
  1. A commercial lasting 60 seconds.

More definitions
  • the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six

Examples

332 sentences
  1. My sixty-year-old aunt inherited the huge estate.

    Моя шестидесятирічна тітка успадкувала величезний маєток.

    ruМоя шестидесятилетняя тётка унаследовала огромное состояние.

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  2. I retired at sixty.

    Я пішов на пенсію в шістдесят.

    ruЯ вышел на пенсию в шестьдесят лет.

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  3. He must be over sixty.

    Йому, мабуть, за шістдесят.

    ruДолжно быть, ему за 60.

    deEr muss schon über 60 sein.

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  4. One minute has sixty seconds.

    У хвилині шістдесят секунд.

    ruВ минуте шестьдесят секунд.

    deEine Minute entspricht sechzig Sekunden.

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  5. A minute has sixty seconds.

    У хвилині шістдесят секунд.

    ruВ минуте шестьдесят секунд.

    deEine Minute entspricht sechzig Sekunden.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs

Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six + -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).

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Forms

plural: sixties
Singularsixty
Pluralsixties

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six:60LX

See also

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