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  six

  noun

  a cardinal number, five plus one.
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  Six

  noun

  a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre

six

American  

[siks] / sɪks /

noun

• sixes
  plural

1. a cardinal number, five plus one.

2. a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips.

5. Cricket. a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman.

6. an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine.

7. a six-cylinder engine.

8. Slang.

   1. the area directly behind a person; back.

      Check your six—there's a hottie approaching.

   2. the area directly behind a person in motion; tail.

      The pilot had an enemy plane on his six.

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adjective

1. amounting to six in number.

idioms

1. get / have someone’s six, back.

2. at sixes and sevens,

   1. in disorder or confusion.

   2. in disagreement or dispute.

3. watch one’s six, back.

six ¹ British  

/ sɪks /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one See also number

2. a numeral, 6, VI, etc, representing this number

3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of six units, such as a playing card with six symbols on it

4. Also called: six o'clock.  six hours after noon or midnight

5. Also called: sixer.  cricket

   1. a stroke in which the ball crosses the boundary without bouncing

   2. the six runs scored for such a stroke

6. a division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack

7. 1. in disagreement

   2. in a state of confusion

8. informal to upset or overwhelm someone completely; stun

9. a situation in which the alternatives are considered equivalent

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to six

      six nations

   2. ( as pronoun )

      set the table for six

Six ² British  

/ sis /

noun

1. a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre

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six More Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing six

• Joe six-pack
• at sixes and sevens
• deep six

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sixes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of six

First recorded before 900; Middle English six, sex, Old English siex, syx, seox, sex; cognate with Dutch zes, Low German ses, German sechs, Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Latin sex, Greek héx Sanskrit ṣaṭ-

Example Sentences

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six Six sixes

The company said it had made $36 billion of commitments under agreements that typically lasted six years, but noted that as cloud providers sold capacity to other customers, that commitment would decrease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Oddly enough, after the World Series favorites traded for the best pitcher available, they lost the next six games as part of a seven-game losing streak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

In total, six supersites have been earmarked to be cleared using public money, but they will be assessed first.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Should Meta fail to address its concerns, the EU can in theory impose a fine of up to six percent of the company's total worldwide annual turnover.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

There are seven of them, ranging from about six to twelve years old.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Six days later the Treasury Department did something it almost never does.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Six years after leaving the U.K. amid a family feud, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly relocating back to Britain ahead of the school year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Six councils have been granted two-year "funding realignment powers", which enables them to increase council tax beyond the 5% threshold.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Six months later, they were married, and moved to Seattle shortly after so Bezos could pursue his dream of launching an online book retailer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Six months later the agency launched a different rocket to explore the space between Earth and Venus.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Several of Seifert's sixes were struck with such force that spectators in the second tier were cowering for safety, though it felt cruel that Allen's spectacular boundary effort went in the book as a drop.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

The right-hander dominated the bowling in crashing 10 fours and seven sixes in a superb 123 from 76 balls in Lancashire's 443-6.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The England white-ball great passed Kieron Pollard's record of 14,803 at Old Trafford by launching the first of three consecutive sixes off Marco Jansen.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

He whacked five sixes and five fours with a combination of power and flair, including a monstrous six over mid-wicket to surpass the previous highest team total of 226.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Then Mrs. Popper had to scrub and polish and straighten the whole place, for she was much too good a housekeeper to leave everything at sixes and sevens while the Poppers were away.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater