Sixth
adjective
It is the ordinal form of the number six, meaning it comes after the fifth and before the seventh in a series.
He was the sixth person to arrive at the party.
Often appears as...
- sixth sense
- sixth grade
noun
It is one of six equal parts of something.
He owned a sixth of the company.
Often appears as...
- one sixth
- a sixth part
noun
In music, it is an interval spanning six diatonic degrees.
A major sixth is nine semitones.
Often appears as...
- major sixth
- minor sixth
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In horseracing, it is the horse that finishes in sixth place.
The horse came in sixth.
Often appears as...
- finish sixth
- come in sixth
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
It is the ordinal form of the number six, meaning it comes after the fifth and before the seventh in a series.
He was the sixth person to arrive at the party.
Often appears as...
- sixth sense
- sixth grade
noun
It is one of six equal parts of something.
He owned a sixth of the company.
Often appears as...
- one sixth
- a sixth part
noun
In music, it is an interval spanning six diatonic degrees.
A major sixth is nine semitones.
Often appears as...
- major sixth
- minor sixth
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In horseracing, it is the horse that finishes in sixth place.
The horse came in sixth.
Often appears as...
- finish sixth
- come in sixth
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Ordinal Usage
Use 'sixth' to indicate position or order in a list when sequencing items or people.
My book is on the sixth shelf from the top.
Pro Tip 2/3Event Occurrence
Apply 'sixth' to describe the order of events, especially recurring ones like anniversaries or meetings.
We're celebrating our sixth anniversary next week.
Pro Tip 3/3Frequency Clarification
'Sixth' helps clarify frequency, such as in schedules or routines, indicating every sixth occurrence.
The maintenance check comes after every sixth flight.
Pro Tip 1/3Ordinal Usage
Use 'sixth' to indicate position or order in a list when sequencing items or people.
My book is on the sixth shelf from the top.
Pro Tip 2/3Event Occurrence
Apply 'sixth' to describe the order of events, especially recurring ones like anniversaries or meetings.
We're celebrating our sixth anniversary next week.
Pro Tip 3/3Frequency Clarification
'Sixth' helps clarify frequency, such as in schedules or routines, indicating every sixth occurrence.
The maintenance check comes after every sixth flight.
Pro Tip 1/3Ordinal Usage
Use 'sixth' to indicate position or order in a list when sequencing items or people.
My book is on the sixth shelf from the top.
Pro Tip 2/3Event Occurrence
Apply 'sixth' to describe the order of events, especially recurring ones like anniversaries or meetings.
We're celebrating our sixth anniversary next week.
Pro Tip 3/3Frequency Clarification
'Sixth' helps clarify frequency, such as in schedules or routines, indicating every sixth occurrence.
The maintenance check comes after every sixth flight.
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The Elusive Iberian Lynx...
i had one privileged moment which i think i'll remember for the rest of my life where i was out by myself checking the camera traps you know you just get that six that sixth sense you don't know what it is but for some reason you turn around and i i did i turned around and he was just up on a rock behind me just kind of
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How to speak so that...
Some people have a blamethrower. They just pass it on to everybody else and don't take responsibility for their actions, and again, hard to listen to somebody who is being like that. Penultimate, the sixth of the seven, embroidery, exaggeration. It demeans our language, actually, sometimes.
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Unveiling game-changing...
of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense -- a sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information that may exist somewhere that may be relevant to help us make the right decision about whatever it is that we're coming across.
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How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
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The lovable (and lethal)...
But once they’ve closed in, they rely on something akin to a sixth sense to actually catch their meal. Their whiskers, or vibrissae, are composed of keratin and full of nerve fibers that run deep into the connective tissue of their face.
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Rhythm in a box: The...
may have helped get around laws prohibiting slaves from playing music. Early Peruvian cajons consisted of a simple box with five thick wooden sides. The sixth side, made of a thinner sheet of wood, would be used as the striking surface,
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How to live and act (and...
people trying to cope with childhood issues when I engage with the world I see networks I know I sound like the little boy from the sixth sense I don't see dead people but I do see networks I see networks of
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Hidden Alaska PIPE National...
area is the largest deposit of gold and the sixth largest deposit of copper in the world and that is a lot of copper and so you know that's why we went up there was to take a look at this
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The new era of positive...
by the time you're down to the sixth taste, it's gone. And, as I said, it's not particularly malleable. And this leads to the second life. I have to tell you about my friend Len,
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"All the World's a...
In fair round belly with good capon lin’d, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
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The Elusive Iberian Lynx...
i had one privileged moment which i think i'll remember for the rest of my life where i was out by myself checking the camera traps you know you just get that six that sixth sense you don't know what it is but for some reason you turn around and i i did i turned around and he was just up on a rock behind me just kind of
Video examples
How to speak so that...
Some people have a blamethrower. They just pass it on to everybody else and don't take responsibility for their actions, and again, hard to listen to somebody who is being like that. Penultimate, the sixth of the seven, embroidery, exaggeration. It demeans our language, actually, sometimes.
Video examples
Unveiling game-changing...
of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense -- a sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information that may exist somewhere that may be relevant to help us make the right decision about whatever it is that we're coming across.
Video examples
How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
Video examples
The lovable (and lethal)...
But once they’ve closed in, they rely on something akin to a sixth sense to actually catch their meal. Their whiskers, or vibrissae, are composed of keratin and full of nerve fibers that run deep into the connective tissue of their face.
Video examples
Rhythm in a box: The...
may have helped get around laws prohibiting slaves from playing music. Early Peruvian cajons consisted of a simple box with five thick wooden sides. The sixth side, made of a thinner sheet of wood, would be used as the striking surface,
Video examples
How to live and act (and...
people trying to cope with childhood issues when I engage with the world I see networks I know I sound like the little boy from the sixth sense I don't see dead people but I do see networks I see networks of
Video examples
Hidden Alaska PIPE National...
area is the largest deposit of gold and the sixth largest deposit of copper in the world and that is a lot of copper and so you know that's why we went up there was to take a look at this
Video examples
The new era of positive...
by the time you're down to the sixth taste, it's gone. And, as I said, it's not particularly malleable. And this leads to the second life. I have to tell you about my friend Len,
Video examples
"All the World's a...
In fair round belly with good capon lin’d, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
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Quote examples
Vicky Krieps
Luxembourger Actress
Actors actually have a feeling, like a sixth sense. They are like mediums. But it only works - you can only become this medium or this vessel to transport emotions and images and feelings - if you are not too full of yourself. Otherwise, there wouldn't be space for a story to live inside of you or a world to evolve in you and around you.
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Pattie Maes
American Educator
I've been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense - a sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information that may exist somewhere that may be relevant to help us make the right decision about whatever it is that we're coming across.
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Bill Burr
American Comedian
I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
I distinctly remember being very young, sixth grade maybe, and being at a party and hearing the mothers discuss the children. And the mothers said, 'Well, it's very clear who's the leader in the group.' And they were talking about me!
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Bonnie Hunt
American Actress
I think families are so great, because when you go home, no matter what you've accomplished in your life, you still are the person you were in sixth grade to them. You know, it never really changes.
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Jill Clayburgh
American Actress
There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time.
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Robert Musil
Austrian Writer
All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man!
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John Stockton
American Athlete
I've benefited from great coaches my whole life, starting in sixth grade. To be able to pass that on is a neat experience for me.
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Miriam Toews
Canadian Writer
Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters.
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Clyde Tombaugh
American Scientist
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.
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Vicky Krieps
Luxembourger Actress
Actors actually have a feeling, like a sixth sense. They are like mediums. But it only works - you can only become this medium or this vessel to transport emotions and images and feelings - if you are not too full of yourself. Otherwise, there wouldn't be space for a story to live inside of you or a world to evolve in you and around you.
Quote examples
Pattie Maes
American Educator
I've been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense - a sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information that may exist somewhere that may be relevant to help us make the right decision about whatever it is that we're coming across.
Quote examples
Bill Burr
American Comedian
I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle.
Quote examples
Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
I distinctly remember being very young, sixth grade maybe, and being at a party and hearing the mothers discuss the children. And the mothers said, 'Well, it's very clear who's the leader in the group.' And they were talking about me!
Quote examples
Bonnie Hunt
American Actress
I think families are so great, because when you go home, no matter what you've accomplished in your life, you still are the person you were in sixth grade to them. You know, it never really changes.
Quote examples
Jill Clayburgh
American Actress
There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time.
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Robert Musil
Austrian Writer
All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man!
Quote examples
John Stockton
American Athlete
I've benefited from great coaches my whole life, starting in sixth grade. To be able to pass that on is a neat experience for me.
Quote examples
Miriam Toews
Canadian Writer
Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters.
Quote examples
Clyde Tombaugh
American Scientist
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.
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