sixty-five

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 64 in number

sixty-five years

see Table of Numbers

sixty-five

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 65 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

sixty-five are here

sixty-five were found

sixty-five

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: five and 60 : five times 13

2

a

: 65 units or objects

a total of sixty-five

b

: a group or set of 65

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 65

4

: the 65th in a set or series

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