six
six definition
six (siks)
adjective
totaling one more than five
Etymology: ME < OE sex, akin to Ger sechs, ON sex, Goth saihs < IE base *seks, *swes > L sex, Gr hex, Sans ṣáṭ
noun
- the cardinal number between five and seven; 6; VI
- any group of six people or things; half a dozen
- something numbered six or having six units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc.
six Idioms
at sixes and sevens
Informal- in confusion or disorder
- at odds; disagreeing
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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