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# sixth

adjective, noun (sixth, sixths)

«sixth» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sixth means number 6 in order, after the fifth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#m1)
2. A sixth is one of six equal parts of a whole, written 1/6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#m2)
3. A sixth sense is a feeling that you know something without seeing or hearing it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#x1)
- A sixth of 30 is 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#x2)
- She ate one sixth of the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#x3)
- On the sixth day he had 18 coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#x4)
- A die has numbers from one to six, so each side is one sixth of the chances. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#x5)
- Our team came sixth in the league. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#x6)
- She had a sixth sense that something was wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#x7)
- The sixth time the King exclaimed, ‘It is amazing!’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/#x8)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixth/#x1)
- And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixth/#x2)
- On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad: (Torah NUM.7.42, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixth/#x3)
- Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. (Writings 1CH.2.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixth/#x4)
- Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh; (Writings 1CH.12.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixth/#x5)
- and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. (Prophets 2SA.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixth/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sixth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sixth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sixth.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sixth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sixth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sixth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sixth.html) on Mova free.