sixth

Plural: sixths

Noun

• One of six equal parts; the ordinal number for six.
• position six in a countable series of things
• one part in six equal parts
• the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
• The person or thing in the sixth position.
• One of six equal parts of a whole.
• 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.)

Adjective Satellite

• coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

Adj

• The ordinal form of the number six.

Verb

• To divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six.

Examples

• This was his sixth attempt to play a seven-letter word on that board.

Synonyms

6th, one-sixth, VI, VIth, ⅙

Anagrams of sixth