About The Word Six
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Six
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What's The Definition Of Six?
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
[adj] denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units Synonyms | Synonyms for Six: 6 | 6 | Captain Hicks | cardinal | half a dozen | half a dozen | half dozen | hexad | sestet | sextet | sextuplet | sise | sixer | vi | VI Related Terms | Find terms related to Six: Six In Webster's Dictionary \Six\, a. [AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes,
OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth.
sa['i]hs, Lith. szeszi, Russ. sheste, Gael. & Ir. se, W.
chwech, L. sex, Gr. ??, Per. shesh, Skr. shash. [root]304.
Cf. {Hexagon}, {Hexameter}, {Samite}, {Senary}, {Sextant},
{Sice}.]
One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.
{Six Nations} (Ethnol.), a confederation of North American
Indians formed by the union of the Tuscaroras and the Five
Nations.
{Six points circle}. (Geom.) See {Nine points circle}, under
{Nine}.
\Six\, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects. 2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI. {To be at six and seven} or {at sixes and sevens}, to be in disorder. --Bacon. Shak. Swift. |
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