sixth

CEFRA1

/sɪksθ/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Coming after the fifth in a series.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One of six equal parts of a whole.

Examples

  • It's on the sixth floor—let's take the lift.

  • The office has been transferred up to the sixth floor.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [sɪk(s)t̪]
  • [sɪkθ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The person or thing in the sixth position.

  2. 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.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. The ordinal form of the number six.

More examples

In context

  • This elevator does not go above the sixth floor.

  • And * God ſaw euery thing that hee had made : and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the moꝛning were the ſixth day.

  • Dr. Ridpath, in his usual happy manner, thanked the Executive Committee and the various members of the Association who had so earnestly cooperated with him in the work of the Sixth Annual Meeting now drawing to a close.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).