sixtieth

[US]/'sɪkstɪθ/
[UK]/'sɪkstɪɪθ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. the ordinal number of sixty.
Word Forms
Pluralsixtieths

Example Sentences

A minute is the sixtieth part of hour.

He died in his sixtieth year.

Twentieth, thirtieth, fourtieth, fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, eightieth, ninetieth, hundredth.

The camera has a shutter speed of one-sixtieth of a second.

the sixtieth anniversary of the company

the sixtieth minute of the game

celebrating their sixtieth wedding anniversary

the sixtieth floor of the building

the sixtieth chapter of the book

the sixtieth day of the year

the sixtieth place in line

the sixtieth minute of the meeting

the sixtieth performance of the play

Real-world Examples

But what should I do to celebrate my sixtieth birthday?

Source: High School English People's Education Edition Volume 1 Listening Materials

" Now, Grandma's sixtieth birthday! Long life to her, with three times three! "

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

By the nineteen fifties, however, most Americans could expect to live well past their sixtieth birthday.

Source: VOA Special May 2020 Collection

Eurovision Song Contest is celebrating its sixtieth birthday today in London featuring contestants old and new.

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2015

Ultimately, as he neared his sixtieth year these all proved too much.

Source: Character Profile

One day a beautiful invitation arrived. It was for my father’s sixtieth birthday party.

Source: English Story Level 2

Throw open the sally-port; to the field, Sixtieths, to the field; pull not a trigger, lest ye kill my lambs!

Source: The Last of the Mohicans (Chinese)

He spent his sixtieth birthday in the hospital. And to his family and friends, he said: I am ahead of the game. Nobody ever packed more kinds of fun and interest into sixty years.

Source: VOA Special November 2019 Collection

Usually, however, when we say " in a second" we don't literally mean one sixtieth of a minute, we mean in a very short amount of time – not 10 minutes, not an hour, but not one sixtieth of a minute, either.

Source: 2016 English Cafe

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