sixnumber
uk/sɪks/us/sɪks/A1 the number 6:
Look for a bus with a number six on the front of it.
"How many grandchildren do you have now?" "I've got six."
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- Rosie's six years old now.
- He cut the cake into six pieces.
- He laid six places at the table.
- She had six children.
- There'll be six of us at the meeting.
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Numbers: cardinal, including nought & zero
- eighty
- eleven
- fifty
- five
- fourteen
- giga-
- googol
- hundred
- milliard
- million
- O, o
- oh
- seventy
- ten
- thirty
- thousand
- trillion
- twelve
- uni
- unit
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Idiom(s)
at sixes and sevens
be six feet under
six of one and half a dozen of the other
six of the best
sixnoun [ C ]
uk/sɪks/us/sɪks/in cricket, six runs (= points) scored when the player hits the ball to the edge of the playing area without it touching the ground first:
Richards hit a six.
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Cricket
- 12th man
- bails 2
- batswoman
- batting average
- century
- cricketer
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- field
- leg
- maiden
- overthrow
- pavilion
- run sb out
- test match
- the infield
- the outfield
- wicket
- wicketkeeper
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