Eric Edward Bullus was born in Peterborough, the second of five children.
2. uncountable noun
Fives is a British ball game in which you hit a small hard ball with a glove or bat against three walls of a court.
3. See also high five
five in British English
(faɪv)
noun
1.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
2.
a numeral, 5, V, etc, representing this number
3.
the amount or quantity that is one greater than four
4.
something representing, represented by, or consisting of five units, such as a playingcard with five symbols on it
determiner
5.
a.
amounting to five
five minutes
five nights
b.
(as pronoun)
choose any five you like
▶ Related prefixes: penta-, quinque-
Word origin
Old English fīf; related to Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Old High German finf, Latin quinque, Greek pente, Sanskrit pañca
five in American English
(faɪv)
adjective
1.
totaling one more than four
noun
2.
the cardinal number between four and six; 5; V
3.
a.
any group of five people or things
b. US
a basketball team
4.
something numbered five or having five units, as a playing card, domino, face of a dice, etc.
5. US, Informal
a five-dollar bill
Word origin
ME < OE fif, with assimilated nasal, akin to Ger fünf (OHG, Goth fimf) < IE base *penkwe > Sans páñca, Gr pente, L quinque
Examples of 'five' in a sentence
five
He likes to bat and five hours was just a teaser.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The freedoms could have been used by about five million people who had previously purchased an annuity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We had three servants and five cars at our disposal.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We had four or five moments where we did really well.
The Sun (2017)
Their second goal arrived five minutes before the interval.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The figures follow last year's five per cent rise in retail sales.
The Sun (2016)
The transition from four to five is far easier for the modern Premier League player.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They supplied the food for five hundred people from acres of land.
Christianity Today (2000)
Road rage came in at number five.
The Sun (2015)
Successive rounds usually lead to a convergence of expert opinion within three to five rounds.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
We need to pick up four or five wins.
The Sun (2015)
The first five seconds after spotting your summer digs are the most crucial moments of any holiday.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Why do basketball players wear vests and shorts five sizes too big?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Most of them by the men in charge of the top five clubs.
The Sun (2014)
There were five sons and two daughters of the marriage.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This five per cent surcharge also applies if you pay monthly.
The Sun (2014)
The centre takes on five apprentices each year.
The Sun (2009)
There are five colours to choose from.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Hit the snooze button and have another five minutes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This goes far beyond praying five times a day.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
More than one in five diners say they only eat at restaurants offering voucher deals.
The Sun (2010)
She has been virtually bedridden and permanently fatigued for most of the last five years.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
There were smaller punishments for five more of their accomplices.
The Sun (2011)
There were between five and ten people in the room at the time.
The Sun (2006)
In the final week that number dwindled to five.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This boom era lasted for four or five decades but has now ended as rabbit populations have largely recovered.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Not in the first five games back, not in the first game back.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We have a couple of other players who could bat four, five or six.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
five
British English: five /faɪv/ NUMBER
Five is the number 5.
I spent five years there.
American English: five
Arabic: خَمْسَة
Brazilian Portuguese: cinco
Chinese: 五
Croatian: pet
Czech: pět
Danish: fem
Dutch: vijf
European Spanish: cinco
Finnish: viisi
French: cinq
German: fünf
Greek: πέντε
Italian: cinque
Japanese: 五
Korean: 5
Norwegian: fem
Polish: pięć
European Portuguese: cinco
Romanian: cinci
Russian: пять
Latin American Spanish: cinco
Swedish: fem
Thai: ห้า
Turkish: beş
Ukrainian: п'ять
Vietnamese: năm số
All related terms of 'five'
five Ks
→ the five Ks
Big Five
the five countries considered to be the major world powers. In the period immediately following World War II, the US, Britain, the Soviet Union, China , and France were regarded as the Big Five
five-door
a car with five doors
five-spot
(in the US) a five-dollar bill
five-star
(of a hotel ) first-class , top-quality, or offering exceptional luxury
five wits
the five senses or mental faculties
five-year
happening over a period of five years
high five
If you give someone a high five , you put your hand up and hit their open hand with yours, especially after a victory or as a greeting.
take five
to take a break of five minutes
five by five
an expression used in telecommunications to state that a signal is being received clearly
five-eighth
(in rugby ) a player positioned between the scrum-half and the inside-centre
five-finger
any of various plants having five-petalled flowers or five lobed leaves, such as cinquefoil and Virginia creeper
five stones
the game of jacks played with five stones
Five Towns
→ the Five Towns
forty-five
a gramophone record played at 45 revolutions per minute
tight five
the combined front and second rows of a rugby union scrum
five-a-day
the five portions of fruit and vegetables that people are recommended to eat every day as part of a healthy diet
five hundred
a card game for three players, with 500 points for game
Five Nations
(formerly) a confederacy of Native American peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
seventy-five
a cardinal number, 70 plus 5
five-a-side
a version of soccer with five players on each side
nine to five
normal office hours
the five Ks
items traditionally worn or carried by Sikhs , each possessing a symbolic importance
five-and-dime
a shop that sells a wide variety of things at a cheap price
five-day week
a system in which people work for five days in every seven
Five-Year Plan
(formerly in socialist economies ) a government plan for economic development over a period of five years
Group of Five
France, Japan , UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
the Five Towns
the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns ( actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton , Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
the Forty-Five
the unsuccessful Jacobite rising of 1715 led by James Francis Edward Stuart
five-faced bishop
a small N temperate plant, Adoxa moschatellina, with greenish-white musk-scented flowers on top of the stem, arranged as four pointing sideways at right angles to each other and one facing upwards : family Adoxaceae
five-pin bowling
a bowling game using five pins , played esp in Canada
five-star hotel
a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
five-o'clock shadow
beard growth visible late in the day on a man's shaven face
five-star restaurant
a restaurant which has been given the top star-rating
give a person five
to greet or congratulate someone by slapping raised hands
hang five (or ten)
to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
five-a-side football
a version of soccer with five players in each team
Five Civilized Nations
the collective name for the Cherokee , Creek , Choctaw , Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes who, in spite of their adaptation to European culture, were deported to the Indian Territory from 1830 to 1840
Five Nations Tournament
a former annual competition involving the national sides of England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales ; replaced by the Six Nations Championship in 2000
take five, take ten
If someone tells you to take five or to take ten , they are telling you to have a five- or ten-minute break from what you are doing.
five-and-ten-cent store
a store that sells a wide variety of inexpensive merchandise , orig. with many articles priced at five or ten cents
five heads of predicables
→ the five heads of predicables
Five Nations Championship
a former annual competition involving the national sides of England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales ; replaced by the Six Nations Championship in 2000
take five (or ten, etc.)
take a break for five (or ten , etc.) minutes , as from working
the five heads of predicables
five Aristotelian classes of predicates namely genus, species, difference , property, and relation
moschatel
a small N temperate plant, Adoxa moschatellina, with greenish-white musk-scented flowers on top of the stem, arranged as four pointing sideways at right angles to each other and one facing upwards : family Adoxaceae
townhall clock
a small N temperate plant, Adoxa moschatellina, with greenish-white musk-scented flowers on top of the stem, arranged as four pointing sideways at right angles to each other and one facing upwards : family Adoxaceae
Chinese translation of 'five'
five
(faɪv)
num
五 (wǔ)
that will be five pounds, please请(請)付5镑(鎊) (qǐng fù wǔ bàng)
she's five (years old)她5岁(歲)了 (tā wǔ suì le)
it's five o'clock5点(點)了 (wǔ diǎn le)
no later than five (o'clock)不迟(遲)于(於)5点(點) (bù chíyú wǔ diǎn)
there are five of us我们(們)有5个(個)人 (wǒmen yǒu wǔ gè rén)
all five of them他们(們)5个(個)人都 (tāmen wǔ gè rén dōu)
five hundred/thousand children五百/千名儿(兒)童 (wǔbǎi/qiān míng értóng)