sixty-six

sixty-six
adjective
being six more than sixty
• Syn: ↑66, ↑lxvi
• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 65 in number

sixty-six years

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

sixty-six are here

sixty-six were found

III. noun
1. : six and 60 : three times 22 : six times 11
2.
a. : 66 units or objects

a total of sixty-six

b. : a group or set of 66
3. : the numeral quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 66
4. : the 66th in a set or series
5. : a two-hand card game played with a 24-card pack in which the object is to score 66 of a possible 130 points

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/siks"tee siks"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 6.
2. a symbol for this number, as 66 or LXVI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. a card game that is played by two players with a 24-card pack made by removing all cards below the nines from a regular 52-card pack, the object being to score 66 points before one's opponent.
adj.
5. amounting to 66 in number.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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