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sixth

[ siksth ]

adjective

  1. next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.
  2. being one of six equal parts.


noun

  1. a sixth part, especially of one (1/6).
  2. the sixth member of a series.
  3. Music.
    1. a tone on the sixth degree from a given tone (counted as a first).
    2. the interval between such tones.
    3. the harmonic combination of such tones.

adverb

  1. in the sixth place; sixthly.

sixth

/ ɪθ /

adjective

  1. usually prenominal
    1. 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
    2. ( as noun )

      the sixth to go

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. one of six equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a sixth part

  1. the fraction equal to one divided by six ( 1 6 )
  2. music
    1. the interval between one note and another note six notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
    2. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other See also major minor interval
    3. short for sixth chord
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adverb

  1. Alsosixthly after the fifth person, position, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sentence connector

  1. Alsosixthly as the sixth point: linking what follows to the previous statements
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sixth1

before 900; six + -th 2; replacing sixt, Middle English sixte, Old English sixta
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Example Sentences

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Khosla said a sixth student was “detained at the border, denied entry and deported to their home country.”

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Andy Pages was caught stealing to end the sixth inning, getting stuck in a rundown after a premature jump that triggered a pick-off throw from Luzardo.

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He said he couldn’t walk from sixth grade until partway through eighth as he had surgery after surgery.

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In England there were 185.8 hours of sunshine in March, the Met Office says, the country recorded its sixth driest March and Wales its fourth driest since records began in 1836.

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