sixth

Everyday

1. Sixth means number 6 in order, after the fifth. tree →
2. A sixth is one of six equal parts of a whole, written 1/6. tree →
3. A sixth sense is a feeling that you know something without seeing or hearing it. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: an order word (6th grade) or a fraction: a sixth of 30 is 5. Everyday: sixth grade, sixth form (in the UK, the last two years of school), sixth sense.

Examples

• He is in the sixth grade. tree →
• A sixth of 30 is 5. tree →
• She ate one sixth of the cake. tree →
• On the sixth day he had 18 coins. tree →
• A die has numbers from one to six, so each side is one sixth of the chances. tree →
• Our team came sixth in the league. tree →
• She had a sixth sense that something was wrong. tree →
• The sixth time the King exclaimed, ‘It is amazing!’ tree →

Note

Written 6th. As a fraction, divide by 6; as order, it points to one item. Trap: none. Hard to say: «siksth».

In Jewish tradition

The sixth day is the last day of creation, when humans were made. It is also the day before the Sabbath.

Interpretation. Tradition teaches that people were made on the sixth day, and that Friday is the day of preparing for Shabbat.

Examples

• And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. (Torah GEN.1.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad: (Torah NUM.7.42, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. (Writings 1CH.2.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh; (Writings 1CH.12.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. (Prophets 2SA.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Written 6th. As a fraction, divide by 6; as order, it points to one item. Trap: none. Hard to say: «siksth».