rising fives
(also rising 5s) British Education
noun
(In the context of beginning school) children approaching the age of five considered collectively; also occasionally in singular.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The Times.
- popular front
- Popular Fronter
- Popular Fronting
- Popular Frontism
- popularise
- popularish
- popularism
- popularist
- popularity
- popularity contest
- popularity poll
- popularity rating
- popularization
- popularize
- popularizer
- popularly
- popular music
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- popular vote
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- population
- populational
- population biologist