Six Definition

sĭks
noun
The cardinal number between five and seven; 6; VI.
Webster's New World
Any group of six people or things; half a dozen.
Webster's New World
The sixth in a set or sequence.
American Heritage
Something numbered six or having six units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc.
Webster's New World
An engine with six cylinders or an automobile with such an engine.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Totaling one more than five.
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Other Word Forms of Six

Noun

Singular:
six
Plural:
sixes

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Origin of Six

  • From Middle English, from Old English siex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Danish seks, also Latin sex.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English s(w)eks in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Six Sentence Examples

  • Dinner will be ready at six O'clock.

  • Six, but who's counting?

  • Howie, now able to usually remain with a vehicle, stayed with the car to a suburban ranch style house only six miles from the kidnapping.

  • In six minutes he was up and awake, looking confused.

  • Jane, our GPS, as Betsy named her, didn't let us down and we found our friend's cabin at the end of a dusty road, hungry for dinner after a six hour drive.

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Words Starting With

SSISIX

Words Ending With

XIXSIX

Unscrambles

six

Words Starting With S and Ending With X

Starts With S & Ends With XStarts With SI & Ends With XStarts With S & Ends With IX

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With S3 Letter Words Ending With X