Meaning & use

six

number·Everyday

The number equal to one more than five; the cardinal number 6.

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There are only six days left until the annual festival finally begins.

She arranged the chairs into six neat rows for the meeting.

A note on using this word

Six functions as an adjective before a noun, as in 'six apples,' and also stands alone as a pronoun.

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