(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ item in a series is the one that you count as number six.
...the ~ round of the World Cup.
...the ~ of December.
ORD
2.
A ~ is one of six equal parts of something.
The company yesterday shed a ~ of its workforce.
...five-~s of a mile.
FRACTION