n. The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
n. The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.
n. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Being the sum of six and ten; consisting of one more than fifteen: a cardinal numeral.
n. Then umber made up of six and ten; four times four.
n. A symbol representing this number, as 16, or XVI, or xvi.
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adj. being one more than fifteen
n. the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
Word Usage
"After her astounding success with The Merry Widow, Elsie performed in sixteen more musical comedies, including The Dollar Princess in 1909; as “Franzi” in A Waltz Dream; and as “Angèle” in The Count of Luxembourg, both in 1911."