SIXTH


Meaning of SIXTH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪksθ ]

( sixths)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

The sixth item in a series is the one that you count as number six.

...the sixth round of the World Cup.

...the sixth of December.

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2.

A sixth is one of six equal parts of something.

The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.

...five-sixths of a mile.

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