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five
[ fahyv ]
noun
- a cardinal number, four plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with five pips.
- Informal. a five-dollar bill:
Can you give me two fives for a ten?
adjective
- amounting to five in number.
five
/ ڲɪ /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- a numeral, 5, V, etc, representing this number
- the amount or quantity that is one greater than four
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of five units, such as a playing card with five symbols on it
determiner
- amounting to five
five nights
five minutes
- ( as pronoun ) penta-quinque-
choose any five you like
Word History and Origins
Origin of five1
Word History and Origins
Origin of five1
Idioms and Phrases
- take five, Informal. to take a brief respite.
More idioms and phrases containing five
see take five .Example Sentences
Yamamoto still struck out five and kept the Dodgers in the contest despite being below his best.
Doughty’s power-play goal less than five minutes before the second intermission then put the Kings in front for the first time.
Cui and Miller each face a maximum penalty of five years for conspiracy and five years for interstate stalking if found guilty, authorities said.
They passed through Haverfordwest town centre five minutes later, with one of the group playing music through a portable speaker.
The other three nations in the top five list of the world's largest footwear producers are India, Vietnam and Indonesia.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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