Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cardinal number equal to 4 + 1.
- noun The fifth in a set or sequence.
- noun Something, such as a quintet or a basketball team, that has five parts, units, or members.
- noun A five-dollar bill.
- noun Sports One of several forms of handball originating in England and played mainly at British schools and universities, in which only the receiving side can score points.
- idiom (give me/gimme) Used when offering a high-five, as in congratulation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- One more than four, or two more than three: a cardinal number: as, five men; five loaves.
- noun A number, the sum of four and one; the number of the fingers and thumb of one hand.
- noun A symbol representing this number, as 5, V, or v.
- noun A playing-card bearing five pips or spots on it.
- noun plural Bonds bearing interest at five per cent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
- noun A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
- adjective Four and one added; one more than four.
- adjective (Ethnol.) a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cardinal A
numerical value equal to5 ; the number followingfour and precedingsix . This many dots (•••••) - noun The
digit /figure 5. - noun US A five-
dollar bill . - noun Anything measuring five units, as
length . - noun A person who is five
years old. - noun
five o'clock - noun A short
rest , especially one of fiveminutes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a team that plays basketball
- noun a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- adjective being one more than four
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Allow _eight_ minutes in grades three, four, and five, and _five_ minutes above the fifth grade.
The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners William Henry Pyle
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Heaven is _not_ so cruel! to give us five hundred dear twin-friends, on whom one has to tie five hundred different colored bows (I assure you, Monsieur, the ribbon-florists have this season produced _five hundred colors_) in order to distinguish one from another!
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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You must exercise a little patience; and, for your encouragement, permit me to remind you, that when you shall have acquired a thorough knowledge of these five parts of speech, only _five_ more will remain for you to learn.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham
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Will our readers believe it -- there were only five hundred tureens of turtle, or two thousand five hundred pints, or _five thousand_ basins, amongst not quite fifteen hundred guests, -- only two basins and a half a man, -- for the first course!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 Various
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There are two automatics that fire five shots each in _five seconds or less_, by five pulls on the trigger!
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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A New York magazine has offered five hundred dollars for a best story -- _five hundred dollars_!
Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886
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But this was not all, the five hundred copies were sold to great advantage, for it was against my will that _five hundred_ copies should be printed, till the printer told me he would take the risk on himself, on the usual terms, at that time, of bookseller and author.
The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan William Lisle Bowles 1806
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The number, therefore, of horse implied by it ought at least to be ascertained: _we will suppose five thousand_, and, allowing the exigency for their attendance to exist only in the proportion of _one year in five_, reduce the demand to one thousand for the computation of the subsidy, which, at the rate of _fifty rupees_ per man, will amount to fifty thousand _per mensem_.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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Federer's drive – and his determination to prove his critics wrong following a worryingly long lean spell after beating Murray in the Australian Open in January – makes the Swiss even more dangerous at a place where he has won the title five times already.
Andy Murray's US Open chances may depend on new aggressive strategy Kevin Mitchell at Flushing Meadows 2010
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He has reached the final here six straight years and won the title five times.
Yes, It's True 2010
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