six

Meaning

Num

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).

Noun

1. A group or set with six elements.
2. The digit or figure 6.
3. Six o'clock.
4. (slang) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
5. An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
6. A touchdown.
7. A bathroom or toilet.
8. (obsolete) Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

Concepts

six

sixth

6

sextet

six-spot

Sikhs

half-a-dozen

Norway spruce

fir

fir tree

spruce

true fir

half dozen

half-dozen

vi

Captain Hicks

VI

half a dozen

hexad

sestet

sextuplet

sise

sixer

number six

units

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪks/

Etymology

From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.

Sentences

For about six years I managed to control myself .

The time must have been somewhere around six o'clock .

Pedipalp movable finger consists with six rows of granules .