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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, *swes > L sex, Gr hex, Sans ṣáṭ

noun

  1. the cardinal number between five and seven; 6; VI
  2. any group of six people or things; half a dozen
  3. something numbered six or having six units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc.
six Idioms

at sixes and sevens

Informal
  1. in confusion or disorder
  2. 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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