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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sixth (siksth),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the fifth;
being the ordinal number for six. - being one of six equal parts.
n. - a sixth part, esp. of one (1⁄6).
- the sixth member of a series.
- Music and Dance
- a tone on the sixth degree from a given tone (counted as a first).
- the interval between such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
adv. - in the sixth place;
sixthly.
- bef. 900; six + -th2; replacing sixt, Middle English sixte, Old English sixta
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sixth /sɪksθ/ adj - (usually prenominal) coming after the fifth and before the seventh in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of six: often written 6th
- (as noun): the sixth to go
n - one of six equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- (as modifier): a sixth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by six ( 1⁄6)
- the interval between one note and another note six notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
adv - Also: sixthly after the fifth person, position, etc
sentence connector - Also: sixthly as the sixth point: linking what follows to the previous statements
six /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
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