Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ordinal number matching the number six in a series.
- noun One of six equal parts.
- noun An interval of six degrees in a diatonic scale.
- noun A tone separated by this interval from a given tone.
- noun The harmonic combination of two tones separated by this interval.
- noun The sixth tone of a scale; the submediant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being the first after the fifth: the ordinal of six
- Being one of six equal parts into which a whole is divided.
- noun A sixth part.
- noun In early English law, a sixth of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax.
- noun In music:
- noun A tone on the sixth degree above or below a given tone.
- noun The interval between any tone and a tone on the sixth degree above or beiow it.
- noun The harmonic combination of two tones at the interval thus described
- noun In a scale, the sixth tone from the bottom; the submediant: solmizated la.
- noun the French sixth, consisting of the first, second, sixth, and sharped fourth of a minor scale;
- noun the German sixth, consisting of the first, third, sixth, and sharped fourth of such a scale;
- noun the Italian sixth, consisting of the first, sixth, and sharped fourth of such a scale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
- adjective Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.
- noun The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
- noun The next in order after the fifth.
- noun (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective The ordinal form of the number
six . - noun not used in the plural The person or thing in the sixth position.
- noun One of six equal parts of a whole.
- noun 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. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
- noun position six in a countable series of things
- noun the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
- noun one part in six equal parts
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Examples
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A third work was entitled "Casus seu Notabilia" on the five books of Decretals, which was intended as a complete and practical commentary, but which owing to the author's death, did not go beyond the title sixth of the first book, consequently not published.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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But you do get to use what we call your sixth sense, your common sense.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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That is why it suggested what it calls a sixth principle on transparency that would require carriers to explain their network management practices.
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But you do get to use what we call your sixth sense, your common sense.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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But you do get to use what we call your sixth sense, your common sense.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Among the other three, one served in the Israeli army's Northern Command Ordnance Corps, one has an academic background, and the sixth is a former stand-up comedian.
08/27/2004 2004
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(And, for the record, Kurt Busch is in sixth place 47 points ahead of -- you guessed it -- brother Kyle, in ninth.)
James M. Clash: NASCAR's Kurt Busch on Racing Brother Kyle James M. Clash 2010
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Starting the Talladega race in sixth place, the No. 2 Miller Lite car, driven by Kurt Busch, was powered by an engine called D95R, built by Penske Racing.
Wild Ride 2010
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Columbus came into Wednesday in sixth place in the Western Conference with 70 points.
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(And, for the record, Kurt Busch is in sixth place 47 points ahead of -- you guessed it -- brother Kyle, in ninth.)
James M. Clash: NASCAR's Kurt Busch on Racing Brother Kyle James M. Clash 2010
bilby commented on the word sixth
Arguably twenty-sixth is a valid rhyme.
November 26, 2007
uselessness commented on the word sixth
So is thirty-sixth, and forty-sixth, and... it would seem this word is not remotely rhymeless. It has infinite rhymes. It boggles the mind. :-P
November 26, 2007