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sixteenth

/ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Sixteenth means: coming next after the fifteenth in position.

Synonyms for sixteenth4

noun, as in one part in sixteen equal parts

one-sixteenth, sixteenth part

adjective, as in coming next after the fifteenth in position

16th, ordinal

What does sixteenth mean?3

adjective

1

coming next after the fifteenth in position

noun

1

one part in sixteen equal parts

2

position 16 in a countable series of things

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sixteenth?6

three syllables

seventeenth
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Sixteenth in a sentence

  • The story goes back to the sixteenth century.orcrist
  • The castle was built in the early sixteenth century.CM
  • The park was built in the sixteenth century.CM
  • I am throwing a lavish party for my sixteenth birthday.Tom9358
  • Next time I will celebrate my sixteenth birthday.LinguisticFusion
  • Ferdinand Magellan sailed around the world in the sixteenth century.Ioan_Cristian
  • This statue dates from the sixteenth century.sundown
  • In the sixteenth century, Turkish and Spanish pirates were often encountered in the Mediterranean.AKINCI81

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Forms of sixteenth

as a noun

plural
sixteenths