Sixteen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sixteen \Six"teen`\, a. [AS. sixt?ne, sixt?ne. See {Six}, and
     {Ten}, and cf. {Sixty}.]
     Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sixteen \Six"teen`\, n.
     1. The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten
        and six; sixteen units or objects.
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     2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sixteen
       adj : being one more than fifteen [syn: {16}, {xvi}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one [syn:
            {16}, {XVI}]