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- [siks]
- /sɪks/
- /sɪks/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [siks]
- /sɪks/
Definitions of six word
- noun six a cardinal number, five plus one. 1
- noun six a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI. 1
- noun six a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun six a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips. 1
- noun six 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 3). 1
- noun six an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine. 1
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Origin of six
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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 héx, Sanskrit ṣaṣ
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Parts of speech for Six
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
six popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
six usage trend in Literature
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