SIXTEEN


Meaning of SIXTEEN in English

six ‧ teen /ˌsɪkˈstiːn◂/ BrE AmE number

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: sixtiene , from six 'six' + tien 'ten' ]

the number 16:

sixteen years later

He moved to London when he was sixteen (=16 years old) .

—sixteenth adjective , pronoun :

her sixteenth birthday

the sixteenth century

Let’s have dinner on the 16th (=the 16th day of the month) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.