Sixties

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    From or evoking the 61st through 70th years of a century (chiefly the 1960s). not-comparable

    "She coughed as she exhaled. Sixties weed had been nowhere near this strong."

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of sixty form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.) alt-of, plural, plural-only

    "I remember living through the sixties."

  3. 3
    The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc. (but especially the 1960s) plural, plural-only

    "Occasionally this was a direct result of network attitudes — as in the fifties with integration, the sixties with Vietnam, or the seventies with Watergate."

  4. 4
    the time of life between 60 and 70 wordnet
  5. 5
    The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69. plural, plural-only

    "She retired at some point in her sixties, I don't recall exactly when."

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  1. 6
    A period in American history centered around the counterculture movement of the late 1960s. US, plural, plural-only

    "The 1960s and the first half of the 1970s—an era known as "the sixties" to most observers—has perhaps generated more mythology than any other period in American history."

  2. 7
    the decade from 1960 to 1969 wordnet
  3. 8
    The range between 60 and 69 Fahrenheit. plural, plural-only

    "Highs in the mid sixties."

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