American English pronunciation

How to pronounce six

IPA transcription: ['sɪks]

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Noun

  • the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

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

Adjective

  • denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units

Usage examples

  • In the sixth form, there are eight forms within each year.
  • The first five square numbers are one, four, nine, sixteen and twenty-five
  • She participated in six subsequent deployments to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
  • The top four teams in the Super Sixes advanced to the semi-finals.
  • Most were for three to six voices.
  • Rothko's wife Mary Alice died of a stroke six months after her husband's demise.
  • My friend lives at sixty-one Main Street
  • He was a young officer during the six-day war.
  • While it has long the shelf life, the items will expire in twenty-twenty-six.
  • I passed at the school six happy, quiet years.