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six

/sɪks/

Meanings
noun
The digit or figure 6.

Examples :

"My sister's phone number contains the digit six. "
number math figure essential

Related Words

Illustration something

something noun

/ˈsamθɪŋ/ /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

Illustration touchdown

touchdown noun

/ˈtʌtʃdaʊn/

A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.

"Today I scored my first touchdown."

Illustration resulting

resulting verb

/ɹɪˈzʌltɪŋ/

To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

"The lack of sleep resulted in a poor performance on the math test. "

Illustration boundary

boundary noun

/ˈbaʊndɹi/ /ˈbaʊndəɹi/

The dividing line or location between two areas.

"The fence marks the boundary between the park and my neighbor's yard. "

Illustration shillings

shillings noun

/ˈʃɪlɪŋz/

A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.

"The shilling was worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling."

Illustration describing

describing verb

/dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ/

To represent in words.

"The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant."

Illustration following

following verb

/ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/ /ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/

To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.

"Follow that car!"

Illustration contains

contains verb

/kənˈteɪnz/

To hold inside.

"The box contains my old toys. "

Illustration preceding

preceding verb

/pɹiːˈsiːdɪŋ/

To go before, go in front of.

"Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide."

Illustration ellipsis

ellipsis noun

/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/

A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, or more recently a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.

"Instead of writing out the entire recipe, the cookbook used an ellipsis "..." to show that some steps were skipped for brevity. "

Illustration spectacular

spectacular noun

/spɛkˈtæk.jʊ.lə/ /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/

A spectacular display.

"The fireworks display was a spectacular. "

Illustration numerical

numerical adjective

/n(j)uˈmɛɹɪkəl/

Of or pertaining to numbers

"The numerical score on the math test was very high. "