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sixth

[ siksth ]
/ sɪksθ /
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adjective
next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.
being one of six equal parts.
noun
a sixth part, especially of one (1/6).
the sixth member of a series.
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
in the sixth place; sixthly.
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Origin of sixth

before 900; six + -th2; replacing sixt,Middle English sixte,Old English sixta

OTHER WORDS FROM sixth

sixthly, adverb
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition Š William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Š HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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