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Vocabulary Entry
sixteen
|noun • adjective
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N
noun
The number equal to 16; a numeral.
Example Sentences
"There are sixteen students in the classroom."
"I will celebrate my sixteenth birthday next month."
"The score was sixteen to ten at halftime."
A
adjective
Being the number 16 in a sequence.
Example Sentences
"She is in her sixteenth year of life."
"The sixteenth chapter of the book is my favorite."
"We won the match by a sixteenth of a second."