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six noun 1 a the cardinal number 6; b the quantity that this represents, being one more than five. 2 any symbol for this, eg 6 or VI. 3 the age of six. 4 something, especially a garment or a person, whose size is denoted by the number 6. 5 the sixth hour after midnight or midday • Come at six • 6 o'clock • 6pm. 6 a set or group of six people or things. 7 a playing-card with six pips • He played his six. 8 a score of 6 points. 9 cricket a hit scoring 6 runs. 10 a team of (more or less) six Cub Scouts or Brownie Guides. adj 1 totalling six. 2 aged six. at sixes and sevens in a state of total disorder or confusion. hit or knock someone for six colloq 1 to defeat or ruin them completely. 2 to shock or surprise them completely. six of one and half a dozen of the other equal; equally acceptable or unacceptable; the same on both sides. Sometimes shortened to six and half a dozen.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon siex.