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# six

«six» in Mova's school dictionary: **the number 6, one more than five** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

number (six, sixes); noun (a six)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Six is the number 6, one more than five. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#m1)

2) A six is the digit 6, or a hit worth six runs in cricket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#m2)

3) «At sixes and sevens» means in a muddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

an amount told in words; it may be the number of groups, not the number of things («six boxes with four toys in each» = 6 × 4); in maths a dice has 6 faces, a hexagon has 6 sides, an insect has 6 legs; in everyday life «six o'clock»

### examples

- Student: six apples and three pears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x1)
- Six birds sit on a branch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x2)
- Sam has six boxes with four toys in each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x3)
- An insect has 6 legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x4)
- A dice has six sides with dots from 1 to 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x5)
- I get up at six o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x6)
- A box of six eggs is half a dozen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x7)
- Six is an even number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x8)
- Nana, it isn’t six o’clock yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/#x9)

### note

A number word: read it as 6. Trap: it may be the number of groups, not the number of things. An insect has 6 legs; half a dozen is 6. Order word «sixth» (6th). Six is even: 6 = 3 + 3.

### In the corpora

- [Jake pretended to start a fight with Sam to look tough in front of the Year Sixes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/390-showing-off/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «six» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.