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Fifth

/fɪft/

The person or thing in the fifth position.

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noun
  1. 1

    The person or thing in the fifth position.

  2. 2

    One of five equal parts of a whole.

  3. 3

    The fifth gear of an engine.

  4. 4

    A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).

verb
  1. 1

    To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.

  2. 2

    To divide by 5, equates to multiplying a denominator by 5

adjective
  1. 1

    The ordinal form of the number five.

🔄 Synonyms of "Fifth"

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WordDefinition
ordinalnounAn ordinal number such as first, second and third.
5thAbbreviation of fifth. [The ordinal form of the number five.]
one-fifthnounOne of five equal parts (1/5, ⅕, 0.2).
fifth partnouna fifth part
twenty percentnouna fifth part

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WordDefinition
5thAbbreviation of fifth. [The ordinal form of the number five.]
one-fifthnounOne of five equal parts (1/5, ⅕, 0.2).
ordinalnounAn ordinal number such as first, second and third.
fifth partnouna fifth part
twenty percentnouna fifth part
sixthnounThe ordinal form of the number six.
seventhnounThe ordinal form of the number seven.
15thAbbreviation of fifteenth. [The ordinal form of the number fifteen.]
fivenounThe digit/figure 5.
fifteenthnounThe ordinal form of the number fifteen.
fiftiethnounThe ordinal form of the number fifty.
twenty-fifthnounThe ordinal form of the number twenty-five.
fourthnounThe ordinal form of the number four.
thirdnounThe ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
quintilenoun(statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
firstnounPreceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
thursdaynounThe fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.
quintanounA country house in Madeira.
farmnoun(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
heelnoun(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

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