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SIXTY-TWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sixty-two mean? 

SIXTY-TWO (adjective)
  The adjective SIXTY-TWO has 1 sense:

1. being two more than sixtyplay

  Familiarity information: SIXTY-TWO used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIXTY-TWO (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Being two more than sixty

Synonyms:

62; lxii; sixty-two

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)


 Context examples 


'Old fellow!' cried Sir Basil, 'it is Admiral Baldwin. What do you take his age to be?' 'Sixty,' said I, 'or perhaps sixty-two.' 'Forty,' replied Sir Basil, 'forty, and no more.'

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)



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