Sixteen Meaning
/ˈsɪks.tiːn/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
numThe cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
Sentence Examples
I'll be sixteen years old next month.
Linda is sixteen, but had no trouble passing for twenty.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The teenager is ____ years old, the typical age for a driver's permit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She celebrated her ____th birthday with a big party for all her friends.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten. Equivalent to six + -teen.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen."
— 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
"They'd spent one evening together sixteen months ago, and Falk was acutely aware that he'd probably airbrushed and edited at least some of it without meaning to."
— 2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 287:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teenager is ____ years old, the typical age for a driver's permit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She celebrated her ____th birthday with a big party for all her friends.