Definition of sixth Sixth

/sɪˈksθ/ - [siksth] - sixth

We found 16 definitions of sixth from 5 different sources.

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What does sixth mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: sixths

sixth - the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
sixth - position six in a countable series of things
sixth - one part in six equal parts
  one-sixth

Adjective

sixth, sixther, sixthest

sixth - coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
  6th
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • sixth (Noun)
    The person or thing in the sixth position.
  • sixth (Noun)
    One of six equal parts of a whole.
  • sixth (Noun)
    The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth.
  • sixth (Adjective)
    The ordinal form of the number six.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • sixth (a.)
    First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
  • sixth (a.)
    Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.
  • sixth (n.)
    The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
  • sixth (n.)
    The next in order after the fifth.
  • sixth (n.)
    The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • sixth
    One of 6 equal parts of a whole.
  • sixth
    Which comes after the fifth.

Part of speech

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  • sixth, noun, singular of sixths.
  • sixth, adjective, not comparable.

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