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

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. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

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

2. Tray Quinn:

   I’m very happy to be out here, I’m very excited to have been able to do this again, this my sixth year doing this. I wouldn’t miss it for the world, whether it was rain or shine.

3. Jacob Wallenberg:

   They have to get the experience, and then we'll see what happens. And the sixth generation is in the middle of that right now.

4. Chief Chrispus Mutali:

   Five officers have been accounted for. We are trying to establish the whereabouts of the sixth.

5. Kane Brown:

   I don't remember how old it was. I remember I was in the sixth grade when I got my first cell phone. It was a BlackBerry, and it was amazing, i didn't know that text messages cost you back then, so I remember I went over my bill $ 500, and I grew up basically in a poor family, so I remember my mom almost shot me. It was crazy.

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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