sixty-five

sixty-five
adjective
being five more than sixty
Syn: ↑65, ↑lxv
Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 64 in number

sixty-five years

— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 65 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

sixty-five are here

sixty-five were found

III. noun
1. : five and 60 : five times 13
2.
a. : 65 units or objects

a total of sixty-five

b. : a group or set of 65
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 65
4. : the 65th in a set or series

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/siks"tee fuyv"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 5.
2. a symbol for this number, as 65 or LXV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 65 in number.

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