Six (Noun)
Meaning 1
A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She picked up the six and added it to her set of dominoes.
- The roll of the die came up a six, and she moved her game piece six spaces forward.
- In poker, the six is often considered a mediocre card that is neither very strong nor very weak.
- He laid down the six of hearts and watched as his opponent's eyes widened in surprise.
- The tile showed a six on one half and a five on the other, and she matched it up with a corresponding tile in her rack.
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Meaning 2
The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- There are six students in the study group who need extra tutoring.
- She's six years older than her boyfriend, but their relationship seems to be working well.
- At exactly six o'clock in the evening, the family gathered in the living room to eat dinner.
- It takes approximately six months for the newborn chicks to reach maturity.
- If you combine two sets of three eggs each, you get a total of six eggs in your omelette recipe.