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Sixteen Pronunciation

Pronounce Sixteen as S IY EH K S T EH EH N.

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    Sixteen phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'sixteen'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of sixteen: /sɪkstɛɛn/
    • Modern IPA representation of sixteen: /sɪxtɛɛn/

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    List of meaning for sixteen

    sixteen, 16, XVI(adj)

    the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one

    sixteen, 16, xvi(adj)

    being one more than fifteen

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    sixteen in sentence

    1. The sixteen year old spent two years in a New York reformatory and two more in jail for drug crimes.

    2. Because we were mourning the loss of our sixteen year old poodle, we did not go to school.

    3. Patrolling sixteen hour days with little rest left the overworked police officer mentally and physically fatigued.

    4. The fertile woman gave birth to sixteen children.

    5. The father denied his daughter’s request to wear the racy outfit, since it was obviously indecent for a sixteen year old.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term sixteen

    At sixteen I was stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self- confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?

    – Jules Feiffer

    Really what you need to do is look at water, because water is how Angkor worked, go somewhere like the West Baray, which is just staggering. Sixteen square kilometers of engineered water. The guides have almost nothing to say about it all.

    – Roland Fletcher

    Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut -- Animals up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from a great height to see if they are shattered by the fall, or deprive them of sleep for sixteen days and nights continuously for the purposes of an iniquitous monograph... Animal trust, undeserved faith, when at last will you turn away from us? Shall we never tire of deceiving, betraying, tormenting animals before they cease to trust us?

    – Colette

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