Dictionary

sixties en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) From or evoking the 61st through 70th years of a century (chiefly the 1960s).
   • Historians do not rely on single bits of evidence, but are always seeking corroboration, qualification, correction. These novels, set in context, are in themselves interesting fragments of sixties culture. 1993, Arthur Marwick, “Six Novels of the Sixties — Three French, Three Italian”, in Journal of Contemporary History, volume 28, number 4, →DOI, page 588:
   • She coughed as she exhaled. Sixties weed had been nowhere near this strong.

Forms

sixties en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, plural, plural-only) Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)
   alt of Sixties
   • I remember living through the sixties.
   • During the sixties [1860s] the Sabbatarians were particularly active in their attacks on Sunday excursions, and this had an effect both on the companies and the public. 1954 June, R. Marchant, “Early Excursion Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 427:
2. (form-of, plural) plural of sixty
   form of sixty
3. (plural, plural-only) The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69.
   • She retired at some point in her sixties, I don't recall exactly when.
4. (plural, plural-only, qualifier:rates) The range between 60 and 69 Fahrenheit.
   • Highs in the mid sixties.

Forms

Deriveds

sixtiesish · screaming sixties · shrieking sixties · midsixties

Relateds

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Synonyms

'60s · 1960s · 60s · swinging sixties

Translations (30)

sv sextiotalet (decade of the 1960s) · de sechziger Jahre (decade of the 1960s) · cy trigeiniau (decade of the 1960s) · pl lata 60. (decade of the 1960s) · pl lata sześćdziesiąte (decade of the 1960s) · ko 60년대 (decade of the 1960s) · cmn 60年代 (decade of the 1960s) · ja 60年代 (decade of the 1960s) · sv sextiotal (decade of the 1960s) · fr années soixante (decade of the 1960s) · ka 60-იანი წლები (decade of the 1960s) · ka 60-იანები (decade of the 1960s) · tl dekada sesenta (decade of the 1960s) · ka სამოციანი წლები (decade of the 1960s) · hu hatvanas évek (decade of the 1960s) · es años sesenta (decade of the 1960s) · ko 육십년대 (decade of the 1960s) · cy chwedegau (decade of the 1960s) · de Sechziger (decade of the 1960s) · fr années 60 (decade of the 1960s) · ka სამოციანები (decade of the 1960s) · nl jaren 1960 (decade of the 1960s) · eo 1960-aj jaroj (decade of the 1960s) · es sesentas (decade of the 1960s) · nl jaren zestig (decade of the 1960s) · nl jaren 60 (decade of the 1960s) · ja 六十年代 (decade of the 1960s) · fi kuusikymmentäluku (decade of the 1960s) · cmn 六十年代 (decade of the 1960s) · id tahun enam puluhan (decade of the 1960s)