being one more than fifteen

the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one

The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.

A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.

One more than fifteen.

Six and ten.

Ten and six.

Sixteenth.

Six and ten; the number after fifteen.

She was now sixteen. – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

" As for you," he said, " you look about sixteen. – The Fighting Chance by Robert W. Chambers

One mile from Birmingham, upon the Lichfield road, sixteen miles, to the disgrace of the community, is yet a river without a bridge. – An History of Birmingham (1783) by William Hutton

The Grand Duke is a most amiable gentleman, sweet and good as a man can be; his son, sixteen, was the loveliest and most gentle and affectionate of sons. – Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg

When at the age of sixteen, with a boy's years and a man's heart, you came to London, did I not try to be to you almost as a mother? – Kenelm Chillingly, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The rock was about sixteen feet from the surface. – All about the Klondyke gold mines by J. Armoy Knox J. G. Pratt

He and his wife are settled on Sixteen. – Neighbours by Robert Stead

" Well," said Stainton, smiling, " perhaps sixteen is too many." – Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman

The 14th regiment had now sixteen months to serve of the three years. – Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill

When she was just turned sixteen, Mademoiselle Idalie made up her mind to go into society. – Balcony Stories by Grace E. King

When I was quite little, I thought by the time I should be sixteen or seventeen, and allowed to leave school- or old enough to run away if necessary- I'd have a little money of my own. – The Golden Silence by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

For sixteen years he was in Congress. – Nathan Hale by Jean Christie Root

He was just sixteen. – The First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay

She was not convinced of its being good for them by hearing that they could work on it sixteen hours out of the four and twenty. – The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

I'm rather bald, but it suits my style; a little fat, perhaps- a pound and a half over sixteen stone! – The Martian by George Du Maurier

Norfolk gets a rate of sixteen and a half cents from Chicago; a couple of hundred miles south, the rate is about twice as much. – The Dollar Hen by Milo M. Hastings

We lost sixteen men in Smyrna, who died before they could be exchanged, almost within sight of home. – A Prisoner in Turkey by John Still

Now he was twenty- three and she was twenty- one; and in all these sixteen years there had been no day when he had not looked forward to their marriage. – Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews

I reckon he's put in sixteen hours a day at that garden since we heard they were comin'. – Back To Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce

He went to work again, and after a few minutes' silence he said: " It makes two hundred and sixteen thousand inches in all." – Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) by Francis W. Parker and Nellie Lathrop Helm