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sixteenth

siks-TEENTH/ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/

Noun pluralsixteenths

2 meanings of sixteenth

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Coming right after the fifteenth when you count or put things in order.

    Her sixteenth birthday is next week.

    We had seats in the sixteenth row at the show.

  2. 2
    nouncountable
    One part out of sixteen equal parts of something.

    Like slicing a cake into sixteen equal pieces and taking just one.

    Cut the pizza so that everyone gets a sixteenth.

    Only a sixteenth of the field was left to plow.

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Origin

From Old English sixtēoþa, made from sixteen plus -th.