Definition of 'six'

six

(sɪks )

Word forms: sixes

number

Six is the number 6.

...a glorious career spanning more than six decades.

six in American English

(sɪks ; siks)

adjective

totaling one more than five

noun

the cardinal number between five and seven; 6; VI

any group of six people or things; half a dozen

something numbered six or having six units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc.

Idioms:

at sixes and sevens

Word origin of 'six'

ME < OE sex, akin to Ger sechs, ON sex, Goth saihs < IE base *seks, *swe57457s > L sex, Gr hex, Sans ṣáṭ

six

(sɪks )

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Six

( French sis)

noun

Les Six

Example sentences containing 'six'

In the previous match he hit five sixes. Times, Sunday Times (2006)England have the potential for the most exciting top six in world cricket. The Sun (2011)We have more experience than we have had in the last five or six years. Times, Sunday Times (2011)We have a little girl aged six. The Sun (2016)You look at the top six or eight clubs and financially what they have got. Times, Sunday Times (2012)What are the six numbers on the red dice? Times, Sunday Times (2015)So is the mayor and all but one of the six local councillors. Times, Sunday Times (2014)He had been back for four to six weeks. The Sun (2015)He listed up to six young players he deemed to be the next in line. Times, Sunday Times (2012)They have now seen him score six goals against them in five matches. Times, Sunday Times (2014)The architecture is harmonious and no building is over five or six floors high. Fitch, Noel Riley Hemingway in Paris - Parisian walks for the literary traveller (1989)Other children are only in school for six hours a day. Times, Sunday Times (2009)The six acres of grounds include a tennis court and an orchard. Times, Sunday Times (2012)He unloaded a magazine and only managed to hit me six times. The Sun (2010)They have won their last six games. Times, Sunday Times (2015)Unlikely to be at best for two or three races and would settle for top six tomorrow. Times, Sunday Times (2009)We want to make album number six. The Sun (2015)And six per cent took out the loan to pay for a surprise for their partner or family. The Sun (2008)The short boundary also invited sixes. Times, Sunday Times (2011)They are aged eight and six. The Sun (2008)His ball landed six feet above the flag, before tracking back into the hole. The Sun (2014)Ten per cent of drivers have sat behind the wheel with no cover - up from six per cent last year. The Sun (2014)It was enough to glance at the scorecard to know that this was true village cricket: six pairs of brothers were on show. Times, Sunday Times (2012)You must keep driving it lower, as if you had a second ball buried six inches down that you needed to hit as well. O'Connor, Christy & Smith, Peter Christy O'Connor Junior's Golf Masterclass (1993)First he volleyed over from six yards before aiming a header straight at Lee Camp. Times, Sunday Times (2011)