sixth

American  

[siksth] / sɪksθ /

adjective

1. next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.

2. being one of six equal parts.

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noun

• sixths
  plural

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 British  

/ 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

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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. Also: sixthly.  after the fifth person, position, etc

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

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• sixthly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• sixths
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sixth

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

Example Sentences

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For the sixth time in history, a team of two women completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Scheffler finished the year sixth on Tour in strokes gained putting—a far cry from 2023 when he ranked among the worst, all the way down in 162nd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

This will be its sixth season in five years, and in an age when streaming shows can take years between seasons, there’s something comforting in such a reliably consistent cadence.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

In the sixth, they finally strung multiple hits together and got a run out of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Jennifer transferred to public middle school last year, and two girls from the other class, Tricia Andersonand CindyBemioli, were in front of me for sixth.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

At meets, Mara racked up prize ribbons: lots of third-places, fourths, fifths, and sixths, the occasional second, the very rare first.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024

One of those picks went to Miami in the Lance deal, but San Francisco will still have one second-round pick, two thirds, one fourth, one fifth, three sixths and one seventh.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

Progress has been slow enough that firsts — or seconds — are noteworthy because they aren’t fifths or sixths or far enough down the list to be considered business as usual.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2022

I dispatch the quesadilla to a plate, cut it into sixths with a pizza wheel, and douse it in hot sauce, preferably Valentina or El Yucateco.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2021

All chords will tend towards pure fifths and thirds, as well as seconds, fourths, sixths, and sevenths that reflect the harmonic series.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones