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six·teenth

sixteenth

 
pronunciation:
sIks tinth
parts of speech:
adjective, noun
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part of speech: adjective
definition: coming next after the fifteenth in a series.
She took the elevator to the sixteenth floor.
 
part of speech: noun
definition 1: one of sixteen equal parts of a whole; 1/16.
She used a wrench that was one sixteenth of an inch wide.
definition 2: the number, person, or thing that comes next after the fifteenth in a series.
My car is the sixteenth from the edge of the parking lot.
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