six

UK /sɪks/ US /sɪks/

noun 5name 2num 1

Definitions

num

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

Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.

noun

A group or set with six elements.

The digit or figure 6.

how about 100 then? for 100, I wanted to pay homage to the people who have been using seximal this entire time. specifically, I used the word for six sixes found in the Ndom language, "nif".

A playing card featuring six pips.

Six o'clock.

In Austria the prisoners rise at five, [...]. There are morning prayers at a quarter to six, after which the prisoners are conducted to work.

Rear, behind (rear side of something).

cover my six

Just as having an enemy on your “six” is the hardest situation to escape, being on an enemy at six o'clock is the surest kill. Fighter pilots are always practicing maneuvers to get out from having another aircraft on their six.

name

Abbreviation of MI6 (intelligence service).

A surname.

Collocations

ADJ.

due, express, over

The express train arrived six minutes late despite its reputation for punctuality.

VERB + SIX

age, came, cover, going, leave, made, party, past

My parents left six months ago to live in Australia.

SIX + NOUN

cars, day, dollars, home, it's, lessons, months, morning

She spent six dollars on coffee yesterday morning before work.

PREP.

after, after, around, in, in, into, on, than

I usually wake up around six in the morning to go for a run.

ADV.

only

I've only just turned six years old and I'm already starting school next month.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six

six-spot

noun — the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

vi
sixer
sise
sextet
sestet

adjective — denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units

vi
half-dozen

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

six feet under

Buried underground; not alive; dead.

My grandparents are six feet under.

six of one, half a dozen of the other

The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it does not matter which one is chosen.

six ways to Sunday

Thoroughly, completely, in every way imaginable.

He will fry me six ways to Sunday for sending daughters and young mothers off to war—and, quite possibly, for bringing them back in body bags.

deep six

To discard, get rid of, or cancel; to completely put an end to something.

They had put many hundreds of hours into the project before it was deep-sixed by management.

hit someone for six

To score six points against (a bowler) by hitting the ball over the boundary.

Example Bank

Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media

Wiktionary

how about 100 then? for 100, I wanted to pay homage to the people who have been using seximal this entire time. specifically, I used the word for six sixes found in the Ndom language, "nif".

Wiktionary

In Austria the prisoners rise at five, [...]. There are morning prayers at a quarter to six, after which the prisoners are conducted to work.

Wiktionary

cover my six

Wiktionary

At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.

Tatoeba · #1828

You have to leave home at six.

Tatoeba · #16818

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, six is marked as slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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