six
六,六个
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Definitions
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- : a cardinal number, five plus one.
- : a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.
- : a set of this many persons or things.
- : a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips.
- : Cricket. a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman.Compare boundary.
- : an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine.
- : a six-cylinder engine.
- : Slang. the area directly behind a person; back: Check your six—there's a hottie approaching.the area directly behind a person in motion; tail: The pilot had an enemy plane on his six.
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- : amounting to six in number.
Phrases
- six feet under
- six of one, half a dozen of the other
- at sixes and sevens
- deep six
- Joe six-pack
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Thirty-six percent were in favor and 38 percent were opposed.
It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.
I just recently rewatched all six Star Wars movies the other day… Oh wow, from the beginning?
After the six-week training, the forces will be deployed to confront the Islamic State, officials said.
But the program is just six weeks long, the Pentagon admitted Monday.
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.