sixteen

CEFRA1

/ˈsɪks.tiːn/

noun · numeral

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The number 16.

  2. 02

    numeral

    Extra detail

    The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.

Examples

  • I'll be sixteen years old next month.

  • Linda is sixteen, but had no trouble passing for twenty.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

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In context

  • Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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.