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Sixteen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Sixteen has 1 sense
- sixteen(n = noun.quantity) 16, xvi - the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one; Array is a kind of large integer
Adjective Sixteen has 1 sense
- sixteen(s = adj.all) 16, xvi - being one more than fifteen; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more. [1913 Webster]
Sixteen, n.
- The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects. [1913 Webster]
- A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Sixteen, n. & adj.
--n.
1 one more than fifteen, or six more than ten.
2 a symbol for this (16, xvi, XVI).
3 a size etc. denoted by sixteen.
--adj. that amount to sixteen.
--n.
1 one more than fifteen, or six more than ten.
2 a symbol for this (16, xvi, XVI).
3 a size etc. denoted by sixteen.
--adj. that amount to sixteen.
Idiom
sixteenth note esp. US Mus. = SEMIQUAVER.
Derivative
sixteenth adj. & n.
Etymology
OE siextiene (as SIX, -TEEN)
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