six

Six is a number after five and before seven.

(noun)

When you have six units of something, you are six years of age, it is six o'clock, or you wear a size six clothing are all examples of six.

See six in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

totaling one more than five

Origin: ME < OE sex, akin to Ger sechs, ON sex, Goth saihs < IE base *seks, *swes > 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.

See six in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The cardinal number equal to 5 + 1.
The sixth in a set or sequence.
Something having six parts, units, or members, especially a motor vehicle having six cylinders.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots

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