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sixth

29 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sixth (noun)
  2. sixth chord (noun)
  3. sixth column (noun)
  4. sixth columnist (noun)
  5. Sixth day (noun)
  6. sixth form (noun)
  7. sixth man (noun)
  8. sixth sense (noun)
  9. sixty-sixth (adjective)
  10. sixty-sixth (noun)
  11. added sixth (noun)
  12. eighty-sixth (adjective)
  13. eighty-sixth (noun)
  14. fifty-sixth (adjective)
  15. fifty-sixth (noun)
  16. forty-sixth (adjective)
  17. forty-sixth (noun)
  18. French sixth (noun)
  19. German sixth (noun)
  20. Italian sixth (noun)
  21. Neapolitan sixth (noun)
  22. ninety-sixth (adjective)
  23. ninety-sixth (noun)
  24. seventy-sixth (adjective)
  25. seventy-sixth (noun)
  26. thirty-sixth (adjective)
  27. thirty-sixth (noun)
  28. twenty-sixth (adjective)
  29. twenty-sixth (noun)

sixth

noun \ˈsiks(t)th, ˈsiks(t)\
plural sixths\ˈsiks(ts), ˈsiks(t)ths\

Definition of SIXTH

1
— see number table
2
a : a musical interval embracing six diatonic degrees b : a tone at this interval; specifically : submediant c : the harmonic combination of two tones a sixth apart
— sixth adjective or adverb
— sixth·ly \ˈsiksth-lē, ˈsikst-\ adverb
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Examples of SIXTH

  1. Only about a sixth of the town voted for her.

First Known Use of SIXTH

12th century

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