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last 16

last 16 is the alternative form of last sixteen.

Meaning of last sixteen

Noun

last sixteen (plural last sixteens)

  1. The round in a knockout competition before the quarterfinal, in which sixteen teams or competitors remain.
    • The young Northern Ireland player now meets Ryan Day for a place in the last sixteen of the ranking tournament.2008 February 12, “Allen edges through in Welsh Open”, in BBC Sport

Forms of last 16

plurallast 16s

Questions about last 16

What is last 16 the alternative form of?
Last 16 is the alternative form of last sixteen.

Words near last 16 in the dictionary

  1. Lasswade
  2. Lasswell
  3. Lasswells
  4. lassy
  5. last
  6. last 16
  7. last 16s
  8. last antecedent rule
  9. last big thing
  10. last big things
  11. last burst of fire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: last 16 (page history and authors); last sixteen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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