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6️⃣ Number six 🏅 Position after fifth 🍰 One of six parts 🎵 Musical interval
sixth

sixth

22 1.0
A position that comes after the fifth and before the seventh
  • noun
  • /sɪksθ/
translation icon : sexto
  • Five flowers are on the tree, and the sixth is almost ready to bloom. Suddenly, Kyle bolts out the door.
  • sixth through eighth
  • fifth and sixth

So this year at Kona, you placed sixth, correct?

Examples

  • Well, this is the sixth of nine teams.

    Kipchoge: The Last Milestone (2021)

  • No outs, bases loaded, top of the sixth, ape on third.

    Ed (1996)

  • This was my fifth or sixth professional fight and I lost by a round.

  • Chicago Bulls have won their sixth NBA championship.

  • So this year at Kona, you placed sixth, correct?

    Rich Roll

  • The whole squad, by finishing sixth in the regional race, missed out on qualification by one spot.

    Blog text (31)

  • In the top of the sixth, the first batter for the Socks popped out.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • In the race, she finished in sixth place out of thirty runners.

  • He was the sixth student to submit his assignment in class.

  • This is the sixth slice of cake I've had at the party.

Synonyms

one-sixth
vssixth
7 1.0

One of six equal parts of a whole

also indicates position in a sequence rather than only a part

Compounds

sixth sense
17 7.6

A natural feeling that tells you things without using sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste

one-sixth
7 1.0

One of six equal parts of a whole

sixth-former
  • UK
1 6.7

A student aged 16 to 18 in the final years of a British secondary school

sixth cranial nerve
  • Specialized
7.0

A part of the body that controls an eye muscle to move the eye outward

Sixth Crusade
9.9

A Crusade in 1228 and 1229 when Emperor Frederick II got control of Jerusalem by talks not fighting

How Much

half
∞ 1.0
third
605 1.0
to quarter
5 2.1
fifth
30 1.0
sixth
22 1.0
seventh
22 1.0
eighth
36 1.0

Surface Forms

sixth singular
sixths plural

Morphology

sixth = six (transparent) = six + th

The noun sense 'sixth' as a position or equal part is the regular nominal use of the ordinal/fraction-forming suffix '-th' on 'six'.

Etymology

Sixth as a noun comes from the number six and the ending -th, so it usually means the place that comes after the fifth or, by extension, 'one of six'.