sixth

[ siksth ]

adjective

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

noun

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

adverb

1. in the sixth place; sixthly.

sixth

/ sɪksθ /

adjective

1. usually prenominal
   1. coming after the fifth and before the seventh in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of six: often written 6th
   2. ( as noun )

      the sixth to go

noun

1. 1. one of six equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
   2. ( as modifier )

      a sixth part

2. the fraction equal to one divided by six ( 1 6 )
3. music
   1. the interval between one note and another note six notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
   2. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other See also major minor interval
   3. short for sixth chord

adverb

1. Alsosixthly after the fifth person, position, etc

sentence connector

1. Alsosixthly as the sixth point: linking what follows to the previous statements

Other Words From

• sixthly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixth¹

before 900; six + -th ²; replacing sixt, Middle English sixte, Old English sixta

Example Sentences

Costs would need to drop to around a sixth of this level for the company to make a profit.

From Singularity Hub 

Months had passed since the sixth-grader decided he wanted to die, and now the day that he hoped would be his last had come.

From Washington Post

The Englishman rebounded to make par on the par-3 sixth and maintains a one-shot lead over Marc Leishman and Will Zalatoris for now.

From Washington Post

“You don’t have to fight them to wear masks,” said Snew, who is in her first year teaching Bear Valley sixth-graders English and social studies.

From Voice of San Diego

He most recently coached the Nashville Predators, who fired him in the middle of his sixth season last January.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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.

From The Daily Beast

Turkey has had more than a decade of economic boom, and is now the sixth-most-visited tourist destination in the world.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.

From Project Gutenberg

The two-thirds objective should be used as a finder, while the one-sixth is reserved for examining details.

From Project Gutenberg

They are easily seen with the one-sixth objective in the routine microscopic examination.

From Project Gutenberg

The sixth line is in these words: “Keeping time, time, time, in a sort of Runic rhyme.”

From Project Gutenberg

Who can explain the sixth sense that warns a night-herder of a stampede a moment before the herd jumps off the bed-ground?

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