# sixth

Pronunciation: US say "SIKSTH" /sɪksθ/; UK

## Adjective

1. The ordinal form of the number six, marking the position that comes right after the fifth.
   - Simple: Coming right after the fifth one when you count in order.
   - _Their team took the sixth spot in the final standings._
   - _He celebrated his sixth birthday with a party in the park._

## Noun

2. The person or thing occupying the sixth position in a sequence or ranked order.
   - Simple: The one that comes after the fifth in a row, list, or order.
   - _Five climbers had already reached the summit, and the sixth was close behind._
   - _Among the entries, the sixth was awarded the top prize._
3. One of six equal parts into which a whole is divided.
   - Simple: One of six equal parts that together make up a whole thing.
   - _Under the will, each heir received a sixth of the family estate._
   - _Roughly a sixth of the harvest was lost to the late frost._
4. The interval between one note and another five notes higher in the scale, such as C to A for a major sixth or C to A-flat for a minor one.
   - Simple: The distance in pitch between two notes that are five steps apart in the scale.
   - _The cellist added a sixth below the violin's melody for a richer texture._
   - _Many folk tunes harmonize the melody in sixths._

## Verb

5. To divide a number or quantity by six, the same as multiplying its denominator by six. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: To divide a number or amount by six.
   - _To split the bill fairly, just sixth the total._
   - _She sixthed the recipe to make a smaller batch for two._

## Origin

From earlier 'sixt', from Middle English 'sixte', from Old English 'siexta', from Proto-Germanic '*sehstô'. It can be analysed as 'six' plus the ordinal suffix '-th'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sixth (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).