Five

Word FIVE
Character 4
Hyphenation five
Pronunciations /fɑev/

Definitions and meanings of "Five"

What do we mean by five?

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

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. noun

(give me/gimme) Used when offering a high-five, as in congratulation. idiom

One more than four, or two more than three: a cardinal number: as, five men; five loaves.

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. 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. noun

Four and one added; one more than four. adjective

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. adjective

A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots (•••••) noun

The digit/figure 5. noun

A five-dollar bill. noun

Anything measuring five units, as length. noun

A person who is five years old. noun

The digit/figure 5.

A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.

Anything measuring five units, as length.

A person who is five years old.

Five o'clock.

A short rest, especially one of five minutes.

A basketball team, club or lineup.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Five

The word "five" in example sentences

Allow _eight_ minutes in grades three, four, and five, and _five_ minutes above the fifth grade. ❋ William Henry Pyle (N/A)

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! ❋ Various (N/A)

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. ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

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! ❋ Various (N/A)

There are two automatics that fire five shots each in _five seconds or less_, by five pulls on the trigger! ❋ William Temple Hornaday (1895)

A New York magazine has offered five hundred dollars for a best story -- _five hundred dollars_! ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)

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. ❋ William Lisle Bowles (1806)

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_. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

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. ❋ Kevin Mitchell At Flushing Meadows (2010)

He has reached the final here six straight years and won the title five times. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Okay, it's not really a festive one, but if online retailers -- who created the term five years ago to goose post-Thanksgiving ecommerce numbers -- have their way, you'll spend much of today clicking through "Buy" buttons to supplment what you bought during Black Friday weekend. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Only one member in five is recommending works for the ballot at the moment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Shamrock was a pro who had defended his title five times already, and he knew just how to take the wind out of me. ❋ Tito Ortiz With Marc Shapiro (2008)

In L.A. County, I think just one kid in five is white now. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But I bet you can't say the title five times in a row really fast : ❋ Unknown (2008)

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