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sixteen — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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sixteen

The cardinal number 16, used to show a quantity of sixteen people or things.

IPAUK /ˌsɪkˈstiːn/

Main stress is on the final syllable.

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

The cardinal number 16, used to show a quantity of sixteen people or things.

There are sixteen students in the room.

My cousin is sixteen years old.

How many sandwiches do we need? Sixteen.

Use a plural count noun after sixteen: sixteen books, sixteen people.

We have sixteen chair.

We have sixteen chairs.

A count noun after sixteen is normally plural.

Sixteen is the cardinal number 16. Use it before plural count nouns, for age, or alone when the thing being counted is clear.

Choose one answer.

Which sentence uses sixteen correctly?

Use sixteen before plural count nouns or alone to express the quantity 16.