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six

/sɪks/noun, adjective1 syllable

Six means: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.

Synonyms for six14

noun, as in the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad

noun, as in a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips

six-spot

adjective, as in being one more than five

6, vi, half dozen, half-dozen, cardinal

What does six mean?3

noun

1

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

2

a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips

adjective

1

being one more than five

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with six?17

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Six in a sentence

  • Got up at six, and left home at seven.unknown
  • After six hours' climbing, we finally succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain.CK
  • If we are to be there at six, we will have to start now.unknown
  • After a six month period, his leg was healed and is normal again.CK
  • If they started at two, they should arrive at six.unknown
  • I'd like three twenties, six fives, and the rest in ones.CK
  • If you start at once, you'll arrive by six o'clock.unknown
  • We have two dogs, three cats, and six chickens.CK

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Forms of six

as a noun

plural
sixes