Definition of Six times

1. Adverb. By a factor of six. "The population of this town increased sixfold when gold was found in the surrounding hills"

Exact synonyms: Sixfold

Lexicographical Neighbors of Six Times

six-yard box
six and two threes
six bob a day tourist
six feet under
six foot
six hundred
six o'clock
six of one, half a dozen of the other
six of the best
six pack
six packs
six penny nail
six perfections
six senses
six thousand
six times (current term)
six ways till Sunday
six ways to Sunday
sixain
sixaine
sixaines
sixains
sixe
sixer
sixers
sixes
sixes and nines
sixfold
sixfoldness
sixgill

Literary usage of Six times

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Normal schools for primary teachers numbered 70 in 1914 (10 of which were in the city of Buenos Aires) with an enrolment of 8970 students, about six times ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The chevron occurs six times in the roll of Henry III., .... As a plain cross it occurs six times in the roll of Henry III., and in its varieties eleven ..."

3. University Education by Henry Philip Tappan (1851)
"The same lecturer is ready to conduct an examination in all forest sciences, six times a week. Cameral chemistry, or application of chemistry to agriculture ..."

4. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"and insert the words, ' as shall represent one hundred and fifty-six times the amount of the average weekly contribution of the deceased towards the ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"Fluid was positive six times. Globulin, positive six times. Cells varied from three to one hundred on six counts. No. 9. H . Case No. 7597- Age, 40 years. ..."

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