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six

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noun

a cardinal number, five plus one.
a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.
a set of this many persons or things.
a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips.
Cricket. a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman. Compare boundary ( def 4 ).
an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine.
a six-cylinder engine.
Slang.
1. the area directly behind a person; back:
  Check your six—there's a hottie approaching.
2. the area directly behind a person in motion; tail:
  The pilot had an enemy plane on his six.

adjective

amounting to six in number.

Six

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noun

Les Six
a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre

six

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noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one See also number
a numeral, 6, VI, etc, representing this number
something representing, represented by, or consisting of six units, such as a playing card with six symbols on it
Also calledsix o'clock six hours after noon or midnight
Also calledsixer cricket
1. a stroke in which the ball crosses the boundary without bouncing
2. the six runs scored for such a stroke
a division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack
at sixes and sevens
1. in disagreement
2. in a state of confusion
knock someone for six informal.
to upset or overwhelm someone completely; stun
six of one and half a dozen of the other or six and two threes
a situation in which the alternatives are considered equivalent

determiner

1. amounting to six
  six nations
2. ( as pronoun )
  set the table for six

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of six¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English six, sex, Old English siex, syx, seox, sex; cognate with Dutch zes, Low German ses, German sechs, Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Latin sex, Greek ��é�� Sanskrit ṣaṭ-

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of six¹

Old English siex; related to Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Old High German sehs, Latin sex, Greek hex, Sanskrit sastha

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Idioms and Phrases

at sixes and sevens,
1. in disorder or confusion.
2. in disagreement or dispute.
get / have someone’s six, Slang. back ¹( def 54 ).
watch one’s six, Slang. back ¹( def 62 ).

More idioms and phrases containing six

at sixes and sevens
deep six
Joe six-pack

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Example Sentences

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An average life expectancy of six years was part of the diagnosis.

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A source confirmed to People that the couple’s baby was born six weeks ago and the parents “couldn’t be happier to expand their family.”

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Congress passed a bipartisan law last year that gave ByteDance six months to sell its controlling stake in TikTok or see the app blocked in the US.

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Here are six everyday items that could become more expensive for American consumers.

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There are still an estimated four to six million landmines and other exploded munitions buried in Cambodia, according to the Landmine Monitor.

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