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six
(sĭks)n.
Idiom: 1. The cardinal number equal to 5 + 1.
2. The sixth in a set or sequence.
3. Something having six parts, units, or members, especially a motor vehicle having six cylinders.
at sixes and sevens
In a state of confusion or disorder.
[Middle English, from Old English; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]
six adj. & pron.
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six
(sɪks)n
1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. See also number1
2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 6, VI, etc, representing this number
3. (Games, other than specified) something representing, represented by, or consisting of six units, such as a playing card with six symbols on it
4. (Horology) Also called: six o'clock six hours after noon or midnight
5. (Cricket) cricket
a. a stroke in which the ball crosses the boundary without bouncing
b. the six runs scored for such a stroke
6. (Other Non-sporting Hobbies) a division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack
7. at sixes and sevens
a. in disagreement
b. in a state of confusion
8. knock someone for six informal to upset or overwhelm someone completely; stun
9. six of one and half a dozen of the other six and two threes a situation in which the alternatives are considered equivalent
determiner
a. amounting to six: six nations.
b. (as pronoun): set the table for six.
[Old English siex; related to Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Old High German sehs, Latin sex, Greek hex, Sanskrit sastha]
Six
(French sis)n
(Classical Music) Les Six (le) a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre
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six
(sɪks)n.
1. a cardinal number, five plus one.
2. a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.
3. a set of six persons or things.
adj. 4. amounting to six in number.
Idioms: at sixes and sevens,
a. in disorder or confusion.
b. in disagreement or dispute.
[before 900; Old English s(i)ex, syx, seox, c. Old Norse sex, Old High German sehs, Gothic saihs, Latin sex, Greek héx, Skt ṣaṣ]
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| Noun | 1. |  six - the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one |
| 2. | six - a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips dice, die - a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers domino - a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots spot - a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot" | |
| Adj. | 1. |  six - denoting a quantity consisting of six items or unitscardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
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six
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Translations
الرَّقم 6السّادِسسِتَّةعُمر 6 سنواتعُمْرُه 6 سنوات
sissisena
šestšest letšestiletý
seks
ses
kuus
kuusikuutonen
छह
šest
hathat1
enam
sexsex ára
六
6
šešišešiametisšešiosšešiųšeštas
sešgadīgssešisešu gadu vecums
şase
šesťšesť rokov
šest
шест
sexsexa
sita
หก
altıaltı yaşaltı yaşında
шість
sáu
six
[sɪks]A. ADJ → seis
B. N
1. → seis m
to be (all) at sixes and sevens [person] → estar confuso; [things] → estar en desorden
it's six of one and half a dozen of the other it's six and half a dozen → da lo mismo, da igual
six of the best (Brit) → seis azotes mpl (castigo escolar)
to knock sb for six → dejar pasmado a algn
to be (all) at sixes and sevens [person] → estar confuso; [things] → estar en desorden
it's six of one and half a dozen of the other it's six and half a dozen → da lo mismo, da igual
six of the best (Brit) → seis azotes mpl (castigo escolar)
to knock sb for six → dejar pasmado a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
six
[ˈsɪks] num → sixHe's six → Il a six ans.
to be at sixes and sevens → être dans tous ses étatssix-footer [ˌsɪksˈfʊtər] n (man) → gars m d'un mètre quatre-vingts; (woman) → fille f d'un mètre quatre-vingtsSix Nations n (= rugby tournament) the Six Nations → le Tournoi des six nationssix-pack [ˈsɪkspæk] n
[beer] → pack m de six
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
six
adj → sechs; she is six (years old) → sie ist sechs (Jahre alt); at (the age of) six → im Alter von sechs Jahren, mit sechs Jahren; it’s six (o’clock) → es ist sechs (Uhr); there are six of us → wir sind sechs; it cost six pounds → es kostete sechs Pfund; six and a half/quarter → sechseinhalb/-einviertel; in six-eight time (Mus) → im Sechsachteltakt; to be six foot under (hum) → sich (dat) → die Radieschen von unten besehen (hum); it’s six (of one) and half a dozen (of the other) (inf) → das ist Jacke wie Hose (inf), → das ist gehupft wie gesprungen (inf)
n
(Math: = figure, mark, tram) → Sechs f; (= bus) → Sechser m; six and a half/quarter → Sechseinhalb/-einviertel f
(Cards, on dice, Golf) → Sechs f; (Cricket) → Sechserschlag m; (= team of six) → Sechsermannschaft f; to divide something into six → etw in sechs Teile teilen; we divided up into sixes → wir teilten uns in Sechsergruppen auf; they are sold in sixes → sie werden in Sechserpackungen verkauft; to be at sixes and sevens (things) → wie Kraut und Rüben durcheinanderliegen (inf); (person) → völlig durcheinander sein; to knock somebody for six (Brit inf) → jdn umhauen (inf)
six
:Six Counties
pl the six (Brit) die sechs Grafschaften Nordirlands
six-day race
n, six days
pl (inf, Cycling etc) → Sechstagerennen nt
sixfold
adj → sechsfach
adv → um das Sechsfache
six-footer
n to be a six → über 1,80 (gesprochen: einsachtzig) → sein
six-gun
n (US inf) = six-shooter
six hundred
adj → sechshundert
n → Sechshundert f
six
:six million
adj, n → sechs Millionen
six-pack
n
→ Sechserpackung f
(Brit inf: = muscles) → Waschbrettbauch m (inf)
sixpence
n (Brit old: = coin) → Sixpencestück nt
sixpenny
adj → für Sixpence
n (= stamp) → Sixpence-Marke f
six-shooter
n (US inf) → sechsschüssiger Revolver
six
:six-yard box
n (Ftbl) → Fünfmeterraum m
six-year-old
n → Sechsjährige(r) mf
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six
[sɪks]1. adj → sei inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
six
(siks) noun1. the number or figure 6.
2. the age of 6.
adjective1. 6 in number.
2. aged 6.
six- having six (of something). a six-cylinder engine.
sixth noun1. one of six equal parts.
2. (also adjective) (the) last of six (people, things etc); (the) next after the fifth.
ˈsix-year-old noun a person or animal that is six years old.
adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is six years old.
at sixes and sevens in confusion; completely disorganized. On the day before the wedding, the whole house was at sixes and sevens.
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six
→ سِتَّة šest seks sechs έξι seis kuusi six šest sei 六 6 zes seks sześć seis шесть sex หก altı sáu 六Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009