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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fifth /fɪfθ/USA pronunciation adj. - next after the fourth:the fifth door on the right.
- being one of five equal parts.
n. [countable] - a fifth part, esp. of one (1&sfracdenom5&sfracend).
- [usually: the + ~] the fifth member of a series.
- Winea fifth part of a gallon of liquor or spirits (about 750 milliliters):a fifth of his favorite Scotch whiskey.
adv. - in the fifth place.
fifth•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fifth (fifth or, often, fith),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the fourth;
being the ordinal number for five. - being one of five equal parts.
- Automotiveof, pertaining to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of fourth gear for a given engine crankshaft speed:fifth gear.
adv. - in the fifth place;
fifthly.
n. - a fifth part, esp. of one (1⁄5).
- the fifth member of a series.
- Winea fifth part of a gallon of liquor or spirits;
4⁄5 of a quart (about 750 milliliters). - Automotivefifth gear.
- Music and Dance
- a tone on the fifth degree from another tone (counted as the first).
- the interval between such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
- Lawmaking take the Fifth, [Informal.]to decline on the basis of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to answer a question when testifying.
- bef. 1000; earlier fift, Middle English fifte, Old English fīfta; -th by analogy with fourth, etc.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fifth /fɪfθ/ adj (usually prenominal)- coming after the fourth in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 5th
- (as noun): he came on the fifth
n - one of five equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- (as modifier): a fifth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by five ( 1⁄5)
- the interval between one note and another five notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
adv - Also: fifthly after the fourth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector - Also: fifthly as the fifth point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
Etymology: Old English fīfta |