1
: a number that is one more than five see Table of Numbers
2
: the sixth in a set or series
3
: something having six units or members: such as
a
: an ice hockey team
b
: a 6-cylinder engine or automobile
six
adjective
six
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of six in a Sentence
“What time is it?” “It's six.”
I leave each day at six.
Recent Examples on the Web
The odds of throwing a pair of sixes is small – just 1 in 36, or slightly less than 3%.
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Kathie Dello, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
Many are familiar with the shelf-stable varietals of mooncakes—waxing with additives, flavor that never wanes; tin-packed in fours, sixes, or eights then piled in bulk at the 99 Ranch.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
And of course, how likely are sixes to win the hand?
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
The find included orts, sixes, patagoons, krajcars and kopecks, officials said, but the most fascinating coin was a gold Hamburg ducat from 1648 with the image of Madonna and Child that had a hole punched along its edge, likely worn as as medallion.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Four-cylinder models get the choice of a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic transmission, but all sixes get the auto box.
—Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 13 July 2023
Still, the manual shifter—a relatively rare item on the SUV market these days—keeps it ahead of Jeeps and Fords equipped with pushrod sixes and automatics: The Jeep runs to 60 mph in 10.3 seconds, the Explorer in 10.7.
—Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2023
His technique was to re-pattern the bones, turn the sixes up, the fives aligned and facing each other.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 19 July 2023
Arkansas 4-star running back target Jadan Baugh has named a top six that includes the Razorbacks.
—Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2023
Kathie Dello, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
Many are familiar with the shelf-stable varietals of mooncakes—waxing with additives, flavor that never wanes; tin-packed in fours, sixes, or eights then piled in bulk at the 99 Ranch.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
And of course, how likely are sixes to win the hand?
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
The find included orts, sixes, patagoons, krajcars and kopecks, officials said, but the most fascinating coin was a gold Hamburg ducat from 1648 with the image of Madonna and Child that had a hole punched along its edge, likely worn as as medallion.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Four-cylinder models get the choice of a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic transmission, but all sixes get the auto box.
—Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 13 July 2023
Still, the manual shifter—a relatively rare item on the SUV market these days—keeps it ahead of Jeeps and Fords equipped with pushrod sixes and automatics: The Jeep runs to 60 mph in 10.3 seconds, the Explorer in 10.7.
—Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2023
His technique was to re-pattern the bones, turn the sixes up, the fives aligned and facing each other.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 19 July 2023
Arkansas 4-star running back target Jadan Baugh has named a top six that includes the Razorbacks.
—Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2023
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“Six.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024.
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