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five sixths

five sixths is the rare spelling of five-sixths.

Meaning of five-sixths

Noun

five-sixths (uncountable)

  1. Five of six equal parts (5/6, ⅚, 0.8333…).
    • five-sixths of the population

Questions about five sixths

What is five sixths the rare spelling of?
Five sixths is the rare spelling of five-sixths.

Words near five sixths in the dictionary

  1. Five Poisons
  2. Five Power Defence Arrangements
  3. Five Precepts
  4. five senses
  5. Five Sisters
  6. five sixths
  7. five stones
  8. five thousand
  9. five tool player
  10. five tool players
  11. five W's

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