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SIXTIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life between 60 and 70
Synonyms:
mid-sixties; sixties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("sixties" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("sixties" is a part of...):
age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years (a late time of life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The decade from 1960 to 1969
Synonyms:
1960s; sixties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("sixties" is a kind of...):
decade; decennary; decennium (a period of 10 years)
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