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# sixteen

«sixteen» in Mova's school dictionary: **the number 16, one more than fifteen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

number (sixteen)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sixteen is the number 16, one more than fifteen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#m1)

2) Sixteen is ten and six, or four fours. A pound has 16 ounces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a number of things or an age; 16 = 4 × 4 = 4 squared. Everyday: ages (sweet sixteen), ounces in a pound in the US and UK.

### examples

- Sixteen children are in the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x1)
- A pound has sixteen ounces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x2)
- She is sixteen years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x3)
- Sixteen divided by four is four. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x4)
- Four squared is sixteen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x5)
- The bus has sixteen seats on the top deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x6)
- There are sixteen pieces of each colour in this game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x7)
- He had been the ruler of Rome for sixteen days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/#x8)

### note

A number word; read it as 16. Trap: do not confuse sixteen (16) with sixty (60). Sixteen is even and a square number.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sixteen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.