Definitions for SIXTH
sɪksθsixth

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sixthnoun

   position six in a countable series of things

2. one-sixth, sixthnoun

   one part in six equal parts

3. sixthadjective

   the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it

4. sixth, 6thadjective

   coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sixthnoun

   The person or thing in the sixth position.

2. sixthnoun

   One of six equal parts of a whole.

3. sixthnoun

   The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)

4. sixthadjective

   The ordinal form of the number six.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sixthadjective

   The first after the fifth; the ordinal of six.

   Etymology: sixta , Saxon.

   You are more clement than vile men,
   Who of their broken debtors take
   A sixth, letting them thrive again. William Shakespeare.

   There succeeded to the kingdom of England James the sixth, then king of Scotland. Francis Bacon.

2. Sixthnoun

   A sixth part.

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   Only the other half would have been a tolerable seat for rational creatures, and five sixths of the whole globe would have been rendered useless. George Cheyne, Philos. Principles.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sixth

   Sixth is the ordinal form of the number six. The Sixth Amendment, to the U.S. Constitution A keg of beer, equal to 5 U.S. gallons or 1⁄6 barrel The fraction 1⁄6

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1. sixth

   Sixth generally refers to something that is preceded by five other things in order, position, time, quantity, or quality. It is an ordinal number and can pertain to an individual or thing coming directly after the fifth and just before the seventh in position. Furthermore, in mathematics, sixth may refer to one of six equal parts of a whole.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sixthadjective

   first after the fifth; next in order after the fifth

2. Sixthadjective

   constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided

3. Sixthnoun

   the quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole

4. Sixthnoun

   the next in order after the fifth

5. Sixthnoun

   the interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale

6. Etymology: [From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SIXTH' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4157

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SIXTH' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1638

How to pronounce SIXTH?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SIXTH in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SIXTH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of SIXTH in a Sentence

1. Sarah Paulson:

   I mean [ Fletcher ] won an Academy Award doing it, so there's no where to go but down, i absolutely feel that pressure because I have an enormous reverence for Louis Fletcher and for Louise Fletcher portrayal in that movie and for the movie itself. This story stands on its own in Sixth Sense that we are starting many years prior to when we meet Nurse Ratched in the movie' Cuckoos Nest,' so I know that I'm not going to be trying to emulate what she did because this is prior to her doing what she did in the movie. I have a little bit of leeway there, but I'm certainly thinking about it.

2. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

   Santorum won. He was in … sixth place out of the seven candidates, five days out from the caucuses.

3. Mardan Mamat:

   The birdie on sixth actually got Singaporean Mardan Mamat momentum going. I hit a four iron to about two feet and I regained Singaporean Mardan Mamat confidence from there.

4. David Nevin:

   We’re in the realm of a Sixth Amendment violation here.

5. Martha Clare Morris:

   Everyone experiences decline with aging; and Alzheimer's disease is now the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. which accounts for 60 to 80 percent of dementia's cases, there is still a great deal of study we need to do in this area, and I expect that we'll make further modifications as the science on diet and the brain advances.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SIXTH
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sixth
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=SIXTH
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SIXTH