six 
six [six sixes] BrE [sɪks] NAmE [sɪks] number 6 There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five. Idioms: ↑at sixes and sevens ▪ ↑hit somebody for six ▪ ↑it's six of one and half a dozen of the other ▪ ↑six feet under Word Origin: Old English siex, six, syx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zes and German sechs, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sex and Greek hex.
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