What does sixth mean?
Definitions for sixth
sɪksθsixth
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sixth.
Princeton's WordNet
sixthnoun
position six in a countable series of things
one-sixth, sixthnoun
one part in six equal parts
sixthadjective
the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
sixth, 6thadjective
coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
Wiktionary
sixthnoun
The person or thing in the sixth position.
sixthnoun
One of six equal parts of a whole.
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.)
sixthadjective
The ordinal form of the number six.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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
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
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Sixthadjective
first after the fifth; next in order after the fifth
Sixthadjective
constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided
Sixthnoun
the quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole
Sixthnoun
the next in order after the fifth
Sixthnoun
the interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale
Etymology: [From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sixth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4157
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sixth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1638
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sixth in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sixth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of sixth in a Sentence
These girls were in sixth grade when they were last in school before this year.
Ryan took the time to really get to know these guys when they first met in June, even though he’s five or six years older, they were like in sixth grade when he was a senior in high school. And because of that, they really respect what he says and they respect his daily actions. And it’s not just talk. He backs it all up with the way he is, with his positive attitude.
This Week, the second sexual assault allegation and the sixth harassment allegation was leveled against Governor Governor Cuomo.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:
Santorum won. He was in … sixth place out of the seven candidates, five days out from the caucuses.
I was expecting maybe a 15-point scorer, we’d probably end up fifth, sixth, seventh in the Big Ten and him having a good season to where we’d be like, ‘Here’s what we’ve got to do to concentrate on the draft for next season, probably coming out after his junior year.’.
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- sesdeAfrikaans
- سادسArabic
- altıncıAzerbaijani
- шостыBelarusian
- шестиBulgarian
- ষষ্ঠBengali
- c'hwec'hvetBreton
- sexta, sext, sisèCatalan, Valencian
- šestýCzech
- chwechedWelsh
- sjettedel, sjetteDanish
- Sechster, sechste, Sechstel, SexteGerman
- έκτοςGreek
- sesa, sesonoEsperanto
- sextoSpanish
- kuuesEstonian
- seigarrenBasque
- ششمPersian
- kuudes, kuudennes, kuudesosa, sekstiFinnish
- sættingur, sættiFaroese
- sixièmeFrench
- seisde, sechsteWestern Frisian
- séúIrish
- siathamhScottish Gaelic
- sextoGalician
- sheyooManx
- שישיHebrew
- छठवांHindi
- hatodikHungarian
- վեցերորդArmenian
- sexte, sexta, sextoInterlingua
- keenamIndonesian
- sisesmaIdo
- sjöttiIcelandic
- sesto, sestaItalian
- 六番目Japanese
- მეექვსეGeorgian
- алтыншыKazakh
- ទីប្រាំមួយKhmer
- 여섯째Korean
- شهشهمKurdish
- алтынчыKyrgyz
- sextusLatin
- ທີ່ຫົກLao
- šeštas, šešta, šeštadalisLithuanian
- sestā, sestais, sestā daļaLatvian
- шестиMacedonian
- зургадугаарMongolian
- keenamMalay
- is-sittMaltese
- ဆဌမBurmese
- seksdel, sjettedelNorwegian
- zesdeDutch
- sjettedel, seksdelNorwegian Nynorsk
- sjetteNorwegian
- hastą́ą́ góneʼNavajo, Navaho
- szósty, sekstaPolish
- sexto, sextaPortuguese
- cea a șasea, șesime, șaselea, șasea, cel al șaseleaRomanian
- шестойRussian
- षष्ठSanskrit
- шести, šestiSerbo-Croatian
- හයවෙනිSinhala, Sinhalese
- šiestySlovak
- seksta, šesti, šestínaSlovene
- gjashtëAlbanian
- sexa, sjätte, sjättedelSwedish
- ya sitaSwahili
- шашумTajik
- ที่หกThai
- altynjyTurkmen
- ikaanimTagalog
- altıncıTurkish
- алтынчыTatar
- шостийUkrainian
- چھٹواںUrdu
- oltinchiUzbek
- thứ sáuVietnamese
- mälidVolapük
- זעקסטYiddish
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