Definitions for sixth
sɪksθsixth

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

How to say sixth in sign language?

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. Cayce Kerr:

   On the (par-three) sixth tee, everybody stuffed it in there (close to the hole), as the three pros were walking off the tee, Tiger said: 'Let's all walk off the greens with twos.'.

2. Javed Ali:

   As someone who used to look at this phenomenon of radicalization more on the international terrorism side, and looking at how people were similarly radicalized or mobilized to violence just like what happened on the sixth, from the al Qaeda ideology and the ISIS ideology, there are a lot of parallels to that world.

3. The New Jersey governor:

   Anybody who comes up to me whether it's a current supporter or someone new signing on, or even undecided voters, said how important the debate was. i think anybody could wind up from second to sixth in this thing and not be shocked.

4. Charlie Yaxley:

   More than 600 people have now lost their life on the Mediterranean Sea this year, if current trends continue, we are likely to see more than a thousand people lose their life on the Mediterranean for the sixth year in a row, which is a bleak milestone for us to be reaching.

5. Jamie Craig:

   We have had tremendous success with our current rhino herd, stella is the sixth youngster from Nancy and Ruby and our bull, Monty, has proved to be an excellent dad.

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