1. plural of sixteen; the numbers or things numbered sixteen
2. clothing or shoe sizes marked as sixteen
3. people who are sixteen years old

Examples

• The lottery numbers included three sixteens this week.
• She wore sixteens in most clothing brands.
• The store had several pairs of shoes in sixteens.
• The sixteens in our class are planning a birthday party together.
• Count by sixteens: sixteen, thirty-two, forty-eight.
• The dance class was full of sixteens learning new moves.
• All the sixteens were excited about getting their driver’s licenses.