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Meaning of "lower sixth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOWER SIXTH

lower sixth  [ˈləʊə sɪksθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOWER SIXTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lower sixth is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOWER SIXTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lower sixth in the English dictionary

The definition of lower sixth in the dictionary is the first year of the sixth form. Other definition of lower sixth is the students in this year.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOWER SIXTH


sixth
sɪksθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOWER SIXTH

lower jaw
Lower Karoo
Lower Lakes
lower leg
lower limb
Lower Lough Erne
lower mammals
lower mordent
lower paid
Lower Palaeolithic
lower ranks
lower regions
Lower Rhine
Lower Saxony
lower school
lower sideband
Lower Tunguska
lower vertebrates
lower world

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOWER SIXTH

added sixth
all up with
along with
bath
be done with
birth
Bluetooth
both
come up with
could do with
deal with
death
depth
French sixth
German sixth
Italian sixth
Neapolitan sixth
to do with
upper sixth
with

Synonyms and antonyms of lower sixth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lower sixth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOWER SIXTH

Find out the translation of lower sixth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lower sixth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lower sixth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

第六低
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

menor sexta
570 millions of speakers

English

lower sixth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कम छठा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سادس أقل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ниже шестого
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

menor sexto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিম্ন ছয়টি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sixième inférieure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rendah keenam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unterprima
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下六
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낮은 여섯째
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngisor kaping nem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thứ sáu thấp hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆறாவது ஆறாவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमी सहाव्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Altıncı altıncı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inferiore sesto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niższa szósty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нижче шостого
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șaselea inferior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάτω έκτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laer sesde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lägre sjätte
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lavere sjette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lower sixth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOWER SIXTH»

The term «lower sixth» is normally little used and occupies the 141.143 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOWER SIXTH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lower sixth

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOWER SIXTH»

Discover the use of lower sixth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lower sixth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Play Rock 'n ' Roll Electric Bass
The "Lower Sixth" The note an octave below the sixth of the chord is often used as a bass note for the 6th and m6th chords. We will call this the "lower 6th." It is located 2 frets higher than the root of the chord, on the next lower string: ROOT ON ...
Bill Palmer, Bill Hughes
2
The Independent Schools Guide 2008-2009
Sixth Formers study four AS level subjects in the Lower Sixth and continue with three or four to A2 level in the Upper Sixth. All Sixth Formers additionally follow a General Studies programme. Entry requirements and procedures Woldingham is  ...
Gabbitas Educational Consultants, 2006
3
I2 = Independent + Innovative: Examples of Innovation in HMC ...
Our historic private study arrangements operating before 2005-6 were fairly complex but not untypical amongst comparable schools. The Lower Sixth all had supervised private study for the autumn term. Review of students' supervised private ...
Bernard Trafford, 2006
4
Education
Fourth Year (Sec- ondary 4) Year 11 (Fifth Form) Year 12 (Fifth Form) 15-16 Fifth Year (Sec- ondary 5) Year 12 Lower Sixth AS Year 13 [Post 16] Lower Sixth 16- 17 First Year College Sixth Year (Sec- ondary 6) Year 13 Upper Sixth A2 Year 14  ...
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Beachside Comprehensive: A Case-Study of Secondary Schooling
17).38 Thus a large proportion of the girls in the lower sixth, 66 per cent, are not on A-level courses. The A-level differentiation is also related to banding, as shown in Table 5.17. Entry to A-level courses for boys and girls : lower sixth 1974 —5 ...
Stephen J. Ball, 1981
6
Education in France: Continuity and Change in the Mitterrand ...
A second aspect of the pedagogic renovation concerns the new curriculum planned for the fifth and lower sixth forms in June 1992 and for the upper sixth in June 1993. For the fifth and lower sixth forms, this new curriculum will apply from the ...
Anne Corbett, Bob Moon, 2002
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Stress in Teaching
Parents' Evening (Lower Sixth and one-year students). Preparation of papers for ' mock' A-level examination. (Between September and December, staff will be updating pre-UCCA/PCAS forms for student references.) 'Mock' examination.
Dr Jack Dunham, 2002
8
Statistics
For example, if the sixth form had 1 60 in the upper sixth and 240 in the lower sixth then the natural strata would be upper and lower sixth, and for a sample size of 50 we would take ^ (|) of each, that is 20 upper and 30 lower sixth formers.
Greg Attwood, Gordon Skipworth, Gillian Dyer, 2000
9
Teachers' Lives And Careers
... four out of the five grammar schools in Croydon the average lower sixth form class consisted of 8.9 pupils across all subjects. In the preliminary discussions leading to the establishment of Concord and its sister college, a working party ...
Stephen J Ball, Dr, Dr Stephen J Ball, Ivor F Goodson, 2002
10
Hugo Riemann and the Birth of Modern Musical Thought
... a subdominant, e.g. A|C-Eb-G = subdominant of G minor. 4) The lower sixth of the minor triad, which identifies the chord as a dominant, e.g. Bb|C-Eb-G = dominant of F minor. Vis-a-vis these four characteristic dissonances (D7, S6, S^1, DVI), ...
Alexander Rehding, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOWER SIXTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lower sixth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Crossing at Shropshire collision site is welcomed « Shropshire Star
Grace was a lower sixth form pupil at college in Shrewsbury. She was left in a critical condition after the accident in 2010. The collision ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
2
The Way We Were: Hoping to make contact with Hanley High …
Main picture shows the lower sixth form physics group at Hanley High School in 1958, including their teacher Arthur Ward, and above, Hanley ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Sedburgh School, United Kingdom | Study International
A yearlong independent project begins in the Lower Sixth year and prepares pupils for the type of independent study that will be expected of ... «Study International News, Jul 15»
4
Tiverton school raises more than £20000 for charity
The head went, who is the first female to ever the hold the position, went on to congratulate a group of lower sixth chemists, who came second ... «Tiverton Mid Devon Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Multi-tasking teenage fencer gets first call-up to Junior …
Shreya, a Lower Sixth former at King Edward VI High School for Girls, fences sabre, an athletic, swashbuckling discipline that demands ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
6
Record numbers take part in Giggleswick School's Three Peaks …
Lower sixth former Guy Daws set the course record, finishing in nine hours 15 minutes. Share article. The event - which starts and finishes at ... «Craven Herald, Jul 15»
7
Author Jane Hawking in Chester for King's School prizegiving
... Drama, Frances Alcock, presented with the Lower Sixth Form Physics Prize and Owen Haylock, the T W Thomas Memorial Prize for Physics. «ChesterChronicle.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Kev Johns blog: Disability Confident city title shows our care and …
DURING my lower sixth form year at Dynevor (that's Year 12 today) a group of us were asked to help compile a booklet for disabled shoppers in ... «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
9
Grove Cottage: Bikers, swimmers, triathletes and videomakers in the …
During that week, students baked cakes and took part in a sponsored swim while lower sixth-formers even sold themselves as slaves for a day. «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
10
Student engineering project gets off the ground to win gold
The five lower sixth students designed and built a prototype quadcopter for conducting aerial roof inspections, which took off and impressed the ... «AboutMyArea, Jul 15»

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