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Definition of sixth in English: sixthordinal number sɪksθsɪksθ 1Constituting number six in a sequence; 6th. to the original five categories we add a sixth Example sentencesExamples - She's married to another author and is working on her sixth novel.
- Businesses cut jobs for the sixth month in a row.
- By the sixth month should any student wish to withdraw some cash from their account they can do so in the normal way from the credit union offices.
- I had realised some time ago, after completing my sixth novel, The Juicy Beaks, that I wasn't much of a writer.
- After five days of sunshine at the beginning of the month, the sixth saw overcast skies and rain as the result of a trough of low pressure.
- In 1997, pneumonia and influenza constituted the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
- She also told me that she is on a sixth month contract, and as such is not an employee.
- In his sixth novel, Harvey layers narratives and characters on top of one another.
- The doctor said it would be sixth months after it's rebroken before I can ride again.
- This month may become a tiring month for sixth graders of elementary schools as they have to take two consecutive examinations to graduate and become eligible for junior high school.
- The Nationwide Building Society has announced that house prices have remained stable for the sixth month in a row.
- Despite the closure, Yunus said that classes had to continue because next month the sixth graders would have an examination.
- Days moved by quickly and pretty soon, Gillian reached her sixth month check up, which this time included an ultrasound.
- Giants of the Frost, as well as being my sixth novel for adults and written under contract, is part of a doctoral research degree in creative writing.
- Pete Dexter's sixth novel, Train, begins slowly, for about the first 50 pages.
- Before his sixth month, he had learned to walk and speak.
- In July, payrolls fell for the sixth month in a row.
- Eastwood is reckoned to be the sixth most Jewish constituency in the UK, with roughly 80% of the total population of Scotland's Jews.
- 1.1 The sixth finisher or position in a race or competition.
he could only finish sixth Example sentencesExamples - But if we can finish around sixth position, it is good for the first year.
- The men's team defend the title they won on Tyneside, while the women look to improve on sixth position.
- Entering this season, Benson set a goal of finishing no worse than sixth in the points race.
- Some guys try to race you side by side for three or four laps, and they end up racing you for sixth place.
- Allan McNish finished the race in sixth place, thus scoring points for the second time in a row.
- Two hundred metres later, Mary crossed the finish line in sixth position, hardly a blip on the Olympic screen.
- Maimbo Malako from Finish Line was in sixth position.
- Martina ran strongly to finish with silver and Sinead displayed great endurance as she battled to finish in sixth position.
- Overall that season, he finished between fourth and sixth place in six races and ended up eighth in the World Championship standings.
- His first full season at the helm was a rewarding experience as he led the Canaries to the play off finals after helping them to a sixth place finish.
- She was sixth overall in this race last year as a first year intermediate so her prospects for this year's championships are excellent.
- He said the players who went for last year's championship in Namibia complained that they could have finished better than sixth position had they been dressed properly.
- He is the only Cup driver who has finished every race and is in sixth place after finishing 20th Sunday at Dover.
- Dolphin had their share of problems last year before making a late surge and finishing in sixth position.
- Huddersfield, of course, can render both results meaningless if they themselves gain a victory and maintain their position in sixth place.
- He rejoined the race in sixth place but fought back to finish in fifth place and had to settle for picking up championship points.
- He is in good position with a sixth overall and nine races to go.
- Hewitt is sixth in the Champions Race that will produce the new number one for the year at the end of the season.
- Kenya have taken up the fourth place ahead of Zambia who are fifth while Malawi is in sixth position and Swaziland is placed seventh.
- Tom Waddell, a 30-year-old army physician, comes sixth in the Olympic decathlon.
- 1.2British The sixth form of a school or college.
the naughtiest girl in the sixth Example sentencesExamples - Trident is employing sixth formers to clean the corridors in the schools where they are students.
- The school allows pupils in the upper sixth to have one or two glasses of wine with a meal on a Saturday or Sunday.
- I was in the lower sixth at the time and, as a girl in a northern comprehensive, I was actively discouraged by my teachers from making an Oxford application.
- Boys and girls from the school's year 10 to the upper sixth were on the trip.
- As he spoke, they cackled and jeered, like the lower sixth at some public school debate.
- 1.3 Sixthly (used to introduce a sixth point or reason)
sixth, given all the facts there is no logical reason why we can't make a decision - 1.4Music An interval spanning six consecutive notes in a diatonic major or minor scale, e.g. C to A (major sixth) or A to F (minor sixth).
Example sentencesExamples - After 2 bars piano chords come in, which will form the basis of the verse and chorus melody; these sound like minor sixths a step or so apart.
- Practicing fourths and consecutive sevenths challenges the ear in ways that sixths and thirds don't, in addition to enhancing hand stability.
- I only played three carefully considered notes with intuitive regard to choice of rhythm, tempo, dynamics - using a poignant interval, the minor sixth resolving to the perfect fifth.
- 1.5Music The note which is higher by a sixth than the tonic of a scale or root of a chord.
2Each of six equal parts into which something is or may be divided. a sixth of the total population Example sentencesExamples - Approximately one sixth of the population is thought to be working in the black market.
- Trim off the tough outer stems and stalk of the fennel, then cut each bulb in half and each half into sixths.
- Electronics giant Siemens, for example, employs 70,000 people in the U.S., nearly a sixth of total staff.
- Cut the tomatoes into quarters or sixths depending on size.
- Nearly one sixth of the U.S. population lacks health insurance, including about 44 % of poor people.
- Less than one sixth of the population are natives of the principality.
Definition of sixth in US English: sixthordinal numbersɪksθsiksTH 1Constituting number six in a sequence; 6th. to the original five categories we add a sixth Example sentencesExamples - In July, payrolls fell for the sixth month in a row.
- Giants of the Frost, as well as being my sixth novel for adults and written under contract, is part of a doctoral research degree in creative writing.
- I had realised some time ago, after completing my sixth novel, The Juicy Beaks, that I wasn't much of a writer.
- She also told me that she is on a sixth month contract, and as such is not an employee.
- By the sixth month should any student wish to withdraw some cash from their account they can do so in the normal way from the credit union offices.
- Despite the closure, Yunus said that classes had to continue because next month the sixth graders would have an examination.
- Businesses cut jobs for the sixth month in a row.
- She's married to another author and is working on her sixth novel.
- After five days of sunshine at the beginning of the month, the sixth saw overcast skies and rain as the result of a trough of low pressure.
- In 1997, pneumonia and influenza constituted the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
- In his sixth novel, Harvey layers narratives and characters on top of one another.
- The Nationwide Building Society has announced that house prices have remained stable for the sixth month in a row.
- The doctor said it would be sixth months after it's rebroken before I can ride again.
- Before his sixth month, he had learned to walk and speak.
- Days moved by quickly and pretty soon, Gillian reached her sixth month check up, which this time included an ultrasound.
- Eastwood is reckoned to be the sixth most Jewish constituency in the UK, with roughly 80% of the total population of Scotland's Jews.
- Pete Dexter's sixth novel, Train, begins slowly, for about the first 50 pages.
- This month may become a tiring month for sixth graders of elementary schools as they have to take two consecutive examinations to graduate and become eligible for junior high school.
- 1.1a sixth/one sixth Each of six equal parts into which something is or may be divided.
a sixth of the total population Example sentencesExamples - Cut the tomatoes into quarters or sixths depending on size.
- Trim off the tough outer stems and stalk of the fennel, then cut each bulb in half and each half into sixths.
- Electronics giant Siemens, for example, employs 70,000 people in the U.S., nearly a sixth of total staff.
- Less than one sixth of the population are natives of the principality.
- Nearly one sixth of the U.S. population lacks health insurance, including about 44 % of poor people.
- Approximately one sixth of the population is thought to be working in the black market.
- 1.2 The sixth finisher or position in a race or other competition.
he could only finish sixth Example sentencesExamples - Some guys try to race you side by side for three or four laps, and they end up racing you for sixth place.
- Martina ran strongly to finish with silver and Sinead displayed great endurance as she battled to finish in sixth position.
- Overall that season, he finished between fourth and sixth place in six races and ended up eighth in the World Championship standings.
- She was sixth overall in this race last year as a first year intermediate so her prospects for this year's championships are excellent.
- Two hundred metres later, Mary crossed the finish line in sixth position, hardly a blip on the Olympic screen.
- He is in good position with a sixth overall and nine races to go.
- Kenya have taken up the fourth place ahead of Zambia who are fifth while Malawi is in sixth position and Swaziland is placed seventh.
- Hewitt is sixth in the Champions Race that will produce the new number one for the year at the end of the season.
- His first full season at the helm was a rewarding experience as he led the Canaries to the play off finals after helping them to a sixth place finish.
- But if we can finish around sixth position, it is good for the first year.
- Maimbo Malako from Finish Line was in sixth position.
- Huddersfield, of course, can render both results meaningless if they themselves gain a victory and maintain their position in sixth place.
- Allan McNish finished the race in sixth place, thus scoring points for the second time in a row.
- Entering this season, Benson set a goal of finishing no worse than sixth in the points race.
- He rejoined the race in sixth place but fought back to finish in fifth place and had to settle for picking up championship points.
- The men's team defend the title they won on Tyneside, while the women look to improve on sixth position.
- Tom Waddell, a 30-year-old army physician, comes sixth in the Olympic decathlon.
- Dolphin had their share of problems last year before making a late surge and finishing in sixth position.
- He said the players who went for last year's championship in Namibia complained that they could have finished better than sixth position had they been dressed properly.
- He is the only Cup driver who has finished every race and is in sixth place after finishing 20th Sunday at Dover.
- 1.3 The sixth grade of a school.
- 1.4 Sixthly (used to introduce a sixth point or reason)
sixth, given all the facts there is no logical reason why we can't make a decision - 1.5Music An interval spanning six consecutive notes in a diatonic major or minor scale, e.g., C to A (major sixth) or A to F (minor sixth).
Example sentencesExamples - Practicing fourths and consecutive sevenths challenges the ear in ways that sixths and thirds don't, in addition to enhancing hand stability.
- After 2 bars piano chords come in, which will form the basis of the verse and chorus melody; these sound like minor sixths a step or so apart.
- I only played three carefully considered notes with intuitive regard to choice of rhythm, tempo, dynamics - using a poignant interval, the minor sixth resolving to the perfect fifth.
- 1.6Music The note which is higher by a sixth than the tonic of a scale or root of a chord.
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