Sixth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sɪksθ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sixth is an adjective meaning The ordinal form of the number six.
Meaning
The ordinal form of the number six.
More Meanings
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
- One of six equal parts of a whole.
- (informal, nonstandard, rare) To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six.
- (music) 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.
Example Sentences
On the moon, however the weight of a pound-mass (lb or lbm) is only about one sixth of a pound-force (lbf).
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.
[T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.
On Monday, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency placed a similar detainer on Melvin Jovel, 18, who on Sunday was the sixth person to be arrested in the case.
Word Forms
- sixt
- sixths
- sixthing
- sixthed
Synonyms for sixth
Depending on context, synonyms include VIth, ordinal, one-sixth.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include one-sixth, ordinal, fifth, seventh, sixteenth, six.
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