sixty-seven

Meanings

1. 1number

   The number that is seven more than sixty, written as 67.

   Grammar: Used before a noun to give a count or age: sixty-seven students, sixty-seven years old.

   Patterns

   • sixty-seven of something
   • sixty-seven years old
   • at sixty-seven

   There are sixty-seven students in the lecture hall.

   My grandfather is sixty-seven years old.

   She scored sixty-seven points in the game.

2. 2number

   The number 67, used as a label, code, or part of a sequence.

   Grammar: Often used for bus routes, rooms, years, or page numbers: bus sixty-seven, page sixty-seven.

   Patterns

   • bus sixty-seven
   • page sixty-seven
   • in sixty-seven

   Take bus number sixty-seven to the museum.

   The answer is on page sixty-seven.

   He was born in nineteen sixty-seven.

Common combinations

sixty-seven years old

My grandmother is sixty-seven years old.

sixty-seven percent

Sixty-seven percent of the students passed the exam.

sixty-seven thousand

The stadium holds sixty-seven thousand people.

bus sixty-seven

The bus sixty-seven comes every twenty minutes.

page sixty-seven

Turn to page sixty-seven for the map.

sixty-seven dollars

The jacket costs sixty-seven dollars.

Synonyms and how they differ

67

The written numeral form; use it in tables, scores, or addresses rather than in formal writing.

Word family

sixty number

The number 60, ten less than sixty-seven.

seventh adjective

Ordinal form of seven; not directly related to sixty-seven but shares the root.

Commonly confused: sixty-seven or sixty-seventh?

Practice

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