Meanings
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1
adj
coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
She finished in sixth place.
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2
noun
the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
She finished in sixth place.
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3
noun
one part in six equal parts
She finished in sixth place.
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4
noun
position six in a countable series of things
She finished in sixth place.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
3
noun
· one part in six equal parts
one-sixth
Word family
Forms
Sixthly
Etymology
From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).