English

Numeral

sixty-ninth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number sixty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 69 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the sixty-ninth page of the book.

   She finished sixty-ninth in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 69th, 69^th

Noun

sixty-ninth ‎(plural sixty-ninths)

1. (fractional) One of sixty-nine equal parts of a whole.

   A sixty-ninth of 1380 is 20.