SIXTH


Meaning of SIXTH in English

I. sixth 1 /sɪksθ/ BrE AmE adjective

coming after five other things in a series:

her sixth birthday

the sixth century

—sixth pronoun :

Let’s have dinner on the sixth (=the sixth day of the month) .

II. sixth 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]

one of six equal parts of something:

About one sixth of the children admitted to taking drugs.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.