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Sixteen

Definition: Sixteen is a cardinal number that follows fifteen and precedes seventeen.

Part of Speech:

• Noun: Sixteen can refer to the number itself or to a group or set of sixteen things.
• Adjective: Sixteen can describe something that is composed of sixteen units or elements.

Senses:

1. Sense: The number sixteen.

Usages:

1. Popular: In popular usage, sixteen is commonly used to refer to a teenager who has reached the age of sixteen.
2. Local: In some regional dialects, sixteen can also be used as a slang term to mean a difficult or challenging situation.

Sample Sentences:

1. She turned sixteen last week and had a big birthday celebration.
2. Please bring sixteen pencils for the class activity.
3. He scored sixteen goals in the football match.
4. We only need sixteen more minutes to finish the project.
5. In this local area, sixteen is used as an alternative word for a problematic situation. For example: "That exam was a total sixteen!"

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