Definitions for sixth

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sixth sixth

Spelling: [siksth]

IPA: /sɪksθ/

Sixth is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in sixth (histx).

Definitions for sixth

noun

1. a sixth part, especially of one (1/6).
2. the sixth member of a series.
3. Music. a tone on the sixth degree from a given tone (counted as a first). the interval between such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones.

adverb

1. in the sixth place; sixthly.

adjective

1. next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.
2. being one of six equal parts.

Origin of sixth

before 900; six + -th²; replacing sixt, Middle English sixte, Old English sixta

Examples for sixth

What connection exists between the sixth and seventh petitions?

Rick would cut together five years worth of work, add the sixth, then recut six years worth of work, add the seventh, and so on.

The former, I was in the habit of often seeing, until I reached my fifth or sixth year.

Again, in the fourth, sixth, and seventh sonnets the same plea is urged.

Instead of our sixth iPhone we suddenly start thinking about our first Jitterbug.

We are currently in the sixth, which is predicted to be the worst, and, to make matters worse, we are the cause.

The sixth day brought Andrew Lanning in close view of the lower hills.

The sixth man was Scottie, who had long since been detached from the party.

This “sixth Migration” of massive human migration to Texas is the larger story of the book, and it is a significant story.

“The night he sold The sixth Sense to Disney, we were all together for dinner in LA,” Nagrani recalls.