sixty-eight

sixty-eight
adjective
being eight more than sixty
• Syn: ↑68, ↑lxviii
• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 67 in number

sixty-eight years

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

sixty-eight are here

sixty-eight were found

III. noun
1. : eight and 60 : four times 17
2.
a. : 68 units or objects

a total of sixty-eight

b. : a group or set of 68
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 68
4. : the 68th in a set or series

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/sik"stee ayt"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 8.
2. a symbol for this number, as 68 or LXVIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 68 in number.

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