sixth A1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /sɪksθ/ See IPA manual Freq #4660 Meanings 1 adj coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position She finished in sixth place. 2 noun the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it She finished in sixth place. 3 noun one part in six equal parts She finished in sixth place. 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). Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sixth **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /sɪksθ/ **Frequency rank:** 4660 ## Meanings 1. coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position 2. the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it 3. one part in six equal parts 4. position six in a countable series of things ## Examples - She finished in sixth place. - She finished in sixth place. - She finished in sixth place. - She finished in sixth place. ## Synonyms - one-sixth ## Etymology From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix). ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown