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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024six /sɪks/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cardinal number, five plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to six in number.
Idioms- Idioms at sixes and sevens, in disorder or confusion.
sixth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024six (siks),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, five plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Gamesa playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips.
- [Cricket.]a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman. Cf. boundary (def. 3).
- Automotivean automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine.
- Automotivea six-cylinder engine.
- at sixes and sevens:
- in disorder or confusion.
- in disagreement or dispute.
adj. - amounting to six in number.
- bef. 900; Middle English six, sex, Old English siex, syx, seox, sex; cognate with Dutch zes, Low German ses, German sechs, Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Latin sex, Greek héx, Sanskrit ṣaṣ
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: six /sɪks/ n - the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- a numeral, 6, VI, etc, representing this number
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of six units, such as a playing card with six symbols on it
- Also called: six o'clock six hours after noon or midnight
- Also called: sixer a stroke in which the ball crosses the boundary without bouncing
- the six runs scored for such a stroke
- a division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack
- at sixes and sevens ⇒ in disagreement
- in a state of confusion
- knock someone for six ⇒ informal to upset or overwhelm someone completely; stun
- six of one and half a dozen of the other, six and two threes ⇒ a situation in which the alternatives are considered equivalent
determiner - amounting to six: six nations
- (as pronoun): set the table for six
Etymology: Old English siex; related to Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Old High German sehs, Latin sex, Greek hex, Sanskrit sastha Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Six /French: sis/ n - Les Six /le/ ⇒ a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre
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