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Six has 6 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Num · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

"I counted six apples in the basket, which was exactly five from yesterday plus the one I picked today."

2

a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips

"He rolled a six on the dice, which changed the entire strategy of our board game night."

3

The digit or figure 6.

"She wrote the number six on her test answer sheet to indicate she got that question right."

In plain English: Six is the number that comes right after five and before seven.

"She has six children living in her house."

Adjective
1

denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units

"She carefully arranged exactly six apples in a single row on the kitchen counter."

Num
1

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).

"She had exactly six apples left in her basket after sharing some with her friends."

Proper Noun
1

Abbreviation of MI6. (intelligence service)

"After his interview at Six, he realized he would be working in intelligence rather than marketing."

Example Sentences
"She has six children living in her house." noun
See Also
box five eight number hexagon letter madrigal union oil
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
digit spot domino die

Origin

The word "six" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *swéḱs and traveled through Old English into Middle English with its original meaning unchanged. It is a doublet of the word "sice," which was once used to mean six but later came to refer to a toilet.

Rhyming Words
posix lasix hit six big six five six long six pick six deep six mane six fifty six sixty six forty six short six ninety six eighty six twenty six thirty six number six king of six seventy six
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