sixty-eight

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 67 in number

sixty-eight years

see Table of Numbers

sixty-eight

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

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

sixty-eight are here

sixty-eight were found

sixty-eight

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: eight and 60 : four times 17

2

a

: 68 units or objects

a total of sixty-eight

b

: a group or set of 68

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 68

4

: the 68th in a set or series

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