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five

[fahyv]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, four plus one.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.

  4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with five pips.

  5. Informal.a five-dollar bill.

    Can you give me two fives for a ten?



adjective

  1. amounting to five in number.

five

/ ڲɪ /

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 playing card with five symbols on it

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

    1. amounting to five

      five minutes

      five nights

    2. ( as pronoun )

      choose any five you like

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of five1

before 1000; 1925–30 five for def. 7; Middle English; Old English ī; cognate with Dutch vijf, German üԴ, Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Latin īԱܱ, Greek éԳٱ, Sanskrit pancha
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of five1

Old English ī ; related to Old Norse fimm , Gothic fimf , Old High German finf , Latin quinque , Greek pente , Sanskrit 貹ñ
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. take five, to take a brief respite.

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Example Sentences

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The Pacers had overcome a 15-point deficit in game one to win but could not repeat the feat in game five.

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The EA made the warning in its five yearly National Framework for Water Resources report.

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It has been used in other sports over the past five years.

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All the money will be made available to victims in the next five years, and the county expects to be repaying its bonds, with interest, for the next 25 years.

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Higuera’s family drove her to the airport in Tijuana, where she took a flight to Mexico City and then drove five hours to Guerrero state, where she plans on retiring.

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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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