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[ siksth ] / sɪksθ /
adjectivenext after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six. being one of six equal parts. nouna sixth part, especially of one (1/6). the sixth member of a series. Music. - 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.
adverbin the sixth place; sixthly. Origin of sixthbefore 900; six + -th2; replacing sixt,Middle English sixte,Old English sixta OTHER WORDS FROM sixthsixthly, adverbWords nearby sixthsixteenpenny, sixteenth, Sixteenth Amendment, sixteenth note, sixteenth rest, sixth, Sixth Amendment, sixth chord, sixth column, Sixth Commandment, sixth cranial nerve Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sixthThis “Sixth Migration” of massive human migration to Texas is the larger story of the book, and it is a significant story. Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rick would cut together five years worth of work, add the sixth, then recut six years worth of work, add the seventh, and so on. Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST We are currently in the sixth, which is predicted to be the worst, and, to make matters worse, we are the cause. The Best Big Ideas Of 2014|William O’Connor|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Instead of our sixth iPhone we suddenly start thinking about our first Jitterbug. Christmas Is the New Subprime|Doug McIntyre|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The night he sold The Sixth Sense to Disney, we were all together for dinner in LA,” Nagrani recalls. The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way|Tom Teodorczuk|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the morning of the sixth, they entered the river, and the same evening reached London. Self-control|Mary Brunton At all events it seems to me quite incredible that Gaelic was not introduced into Scotland before the sixth century. The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick That keeps him going—that, and a trophy he once achieved by winning the beaten eight division of the sixth sixteen. Penguin Persons & Peppermints|Walter Prichard Eaton Yes, sir; we laid floor on the fifth and then we were on the sixth when this happened. Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy This was the sixth afternoon that he had spent on this enslaved world. Hunters Out of Space|Joseph Everidge Kelleam
British Dictionary definitions for sixth
adjective(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
noun- 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) music - 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 otherSee also major (def. 14), minor (def. 4), interval (def. 5)
- short for sixth chord
adverbAlso: sixthly after the fifth person, position, etc sentence connectorAlso: sixthly 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 |