sixty-three

adjective

being three more than sixty

• Syn: ↑63, ↑lxiii

• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

: being one more than 62 in number

sixty-three years

— see number table

II. pronoun, plural in construction

: 63 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

sixty-three are here

sixty-three were found

III. noun

1. : three and 60 : three times 21 : seven times nine

2.

a. : 63 units or objects

a total of sixty-three

b. : a group or set of 63

3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 63

4. : the 63d in a set or series

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/siks"tee three"/, n.

1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 3.

2. a symbol for this number, as 63 or LXIII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj.

4. amounting to 63 in number.