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sixteen

Pronunciation: [sɪkˈstin]

Word

Learn how to use sixteen in a sentence: 6 audio examples across 2 meanings.

Context: “numbers”

(noun) sixteen is the number that comes after fifteen and before seventeen. It is written as '16' in digits. You can think of it as a group of sixteen things, like sixteen apples or sixteen toys.

Example

There are sixteen students in my class.

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There aren't sixteen pieces of candy; there are only ten.

Example

How many cookies did you bake? Did you bake sixteen?

Context: “quantities”

(adjective) when we say something is sixteen, it means it has the amount of sixteen. If you have sixteen balloons, you have exactly that number, no more and no less.

Example

We bought sixteen balloons for the party.

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She didn’t want sixteen gifts; she only wanted three.

Example

Are there sixteen chairs set up for the event?

How to pronounce sixteen

Pronunciation: [sɪkˈstin]

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