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Definition of fifth - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
ordercoming after the fourth in order or position
- She finished in fifth place in the race.
2.
fractional partconstituting one of five equal parts
- He drank a fifth of the bottle alone..
Noun
1.
orderperson or thing occupying position number five
- She finished in fifth at the race.
2.
divisionone of five equal parts of a whole
- He ate a fifth of the pizza.
3.
musicTECH. the musical interval five scale degrees higherTECH.
- The song starts with a perfect fifth.
4.
measurementUS quantity of liquor equal to 750 millilitersUS
- He bought a fifth of whiskey.
5.
automotiveTECH. gear position used for high-speed drivingTECH.
- He shifted into fifth on the highway.
Expressions with fifth
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something unnecessary or superfluous
I felt like a fifth wheel at the party.
person inside a group secretly working to harm it
The fifth columnist leaked secrets to the rival team.
any group of hostile infiltrators within a larger group
The company discovered a fifth column leaking information.
ordinal number for position 85 in a sequence
She finished in the eighty-fifth position in the race.
highest gear in many vehicles
He shifted into fifth gear on the highway..
school year after fourth grade for ten to eleven-year-olds
My sister is in fifth grade this year.
one of five equal parts of a whole
She ate a fifth part of the pizza.
one of five equal parts of a whole
She ate one-fifth of the pizza.
ordinal number following the twenty-fourth
She finished in the twenty-fifth place in the race.
student in the fifth grade at school
My brother is a fifth grader this year.
relating to the latest technology version
The fifth-generation smartphone has amazing features.
person sharing a great-great-great-great-grandparent
I discovered that she is my fifth cousin.
very poor quality or terrible
The movie was a fifth-rate production.
ordinal number for position 45 in a sequence
She finished in the forty-fifth place in the race.
ranked between ninety-fourth and ninety-sixth
She finished in the ninety-fifth position in the race..
ranked between the seventy-fourth and seventy-sixth
She finished in seventy-fifth place in the race..
ordinal number for position 65 in a sequence
She finished in the sixty-fifth place in the race.
ordinal number for position 35 in a sequence
She finished in the thirty-fifth place in the race.
ranked fifth in a competition or tournament
The player was seeded fifth in the tournament.
the latest mobile network technology
Fifth generation wireless offers faster speeds and lower latency than previous generations.
musical interval widened by one semitone
The composer used an augmented fifth to add tension.
musical interval spanning seven semitones
A perfect fifth above C is G.
musical interval narrower than a perfect fifth
The composer used a diminished fifth to create tension.
principle stating one parallel line through a point
Euclid's fifth axiom is essential in understanding parallel lines.
Origin of fifth
Old English, fifta (fifth)
Terms with fifth included in their meaning
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order in series
coming next after the fifth in a series
morning time
the start of the fifth hour of the day
numbers
the fifth item in a series or list
abr: Friday
fifth day of the week after Thursday
abr: Thursday
fifth day of the week after Wednesday
education
fifth year of school after kindergarten
music
chord with a major third and perfect fifth
medical
the fifth toe on the foot
middle school
school year for children aged 11-12 after fifth grade
music
chord with a root, third, and fifth
anniversary
denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary
music
fifth major tone in a musical scale
music scale
syllable used to denote the fifth tone of a diatonic scale
legal
Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution
language
fifth letter of the Greek alphabet
cricket
the batsman who bats fifth in cricket
music
chord with root, major third, perfect fifth, minor seventh
mathematics
related to the fifth degree in mathematics
music
related to the fifth degree of a scale
angel order
the fifth order of angels in medieval angelology
US politics
Donald Trump as the forty-fifth president of the United States
astronomy
the fifth moon of Pluto discovered in 2012
biology
true foot or fifth joint in insect legs
abr: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
federal court covering Texas Louisiana and Mississippi
Examples of fifth in a sentence
He was the fifth person to arrive at the party. She took a fifth of the cake. A fifth of the team was absent. He was the fifth to cross the finish line. The fifth in line received a special prize. A fifth of the class chose the later train.
She donated a fifth of her monthly income. He played a fifth on his guitar. The harmony included a fifth interval. She picked up a fifth for the party. A fifth of vodka was on the shopping list. He smoothly transitioned into fifth on the open road. The car roared as it hit fifth on the straightaway.
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- French:cinquième, quinte, ...
- German:fünfte, fünfter, ...
- Italian:quinto, quinta, ...
- Spanish:quinto, quinta parte, ...
- Portuguese:quinto, quinta, ...
- Chinese:第五位的, 第五名, ...
- Japanese:5番目の, 5位, ...
- Arabic:خامِس, خُمس, ...
- Hebrew:חֲמִישִׁי, חֲמִישִׁית, ...
- Russian:пятый, пятое место, ...
- Ukrainian:п'ятий, п'яте місце, ...
- Hindi:पाँचवाँ, पांचवां, ...
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