six
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- numeral
- /sɪks/
:
seis
- My dad died when I was six.
- six months
- six years
- six weeks
He was maybe killed maybe six years, six years.
- He was maybe killed maybe six years, six years.
- And when she was growing up, six girls went missing.
- And I hadn't done that in six years, which is bleak.
- We've been friends for over six years probably now.
- We have had these masks on for six hours.
- Well, it would have been about six weeks, something like that.
- I thought I was going to get six months, three months.
- Now my first couple got married six weeks after their first date.
- So breathe in to six, pause to breathe out six.
- There's no, hey, I need to find six guys to play with.
Examples
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There are six eggs left in the fridge.
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That was six years ago.
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It's, I mean, I went through six months of open calls.
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There, there are at least six different Christian groups.
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Well, it would have been about six weeks, something like that.
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We lost her six months ago.
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Here, free rehabilitation is offered for up to six weeks, in line with government guidance.
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We've been friends for over six years probably now.
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So that's probably about six years going strong.
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'There are now six subsidiaries under the holding company.
Synonyms
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A group of six people or things
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A group of six things or people
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The Roman numeral for the number six
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Six things or people that form a group
Idioms
- Informal
5
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No longer alive and buried in the ground, or completely covered by something like water
Two choices that are almost the same and make no real difference
Compounds
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A war in June 1967 that lasted six days between Israel and nearby Arab countries and changed the region
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A short war in June 1967 between Israel and nearby Arab countries that changed control of land
An annual rugby tournament between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales
A fast lizard with six light stripes along its body that lives in eastern and central United States
Surface Forms
Etymology
Six comes from the old English word seox and is related to similar words in German (sechs) and Latin (sex). You can also see it inside larger words like sixteen and sixty, so it simply means 'one more than five'.