five-on-five

ˌfaɪv ɑn ˈfaɪv

Definition of five-on-five - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

sports game

TECH.

game with two teams of five players each

TECH.

We played a five-on-five after school.

Adjective

sports teams

TECH.

involving five players on each team at once

TECH.

We practiced five-on-five basketball today.

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Origin of five-on-five

English, five + on + five (sports term)

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finger

medical

each of the five digits on the hand

BRICS

abbr.

abr: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

group of five large countries working together on world issues

five-a-side

soccer variant

form of soccer with five players on each team

five-bar gate

farm gate

wooden gate with five horizontal bars used on farms

starting five

best players

the most important or best five players on a team

tomato worm

gardening

caterpillar of the five-spotted hawkmoth feeding on tomatoes

doubles

campanology

bell changes rung on five bells

five-a-side

general sports

any sport with five players on each team

Examples of five-on-five in a sentence

They watched a five-on-five on TV last night.
The coach organized a five-on-five soccer match.
We watched a five-on-five scrimmage at practice.

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French:cinq contre cinq, 5 contre 5, ...
German:Fünf-gegen-Fünf, fünfer, ...
Italian:cinque contro cinque, 5 contro 5, ...
Spanish:cinco contra cinco, de cinco jugadores, ...
Portuguese:cinco contra cinco, ...
Chinese:五对五比赛, 五对五的, ...
Japanese:5対5の試合, 5対5の, ...
Arabic:مُبَارَاة خَمْسَة ضِدَّ خَمْسَة, خُماسيّ, ...
Hebrew:מִשְׂחַק חֲמִישָּׁה עַל חֲמִישָּׁה, חֲמִישָּׁה עַל חֲמִישָּׁה, ...
Russian:пять на пять, в формате пять на пять, ...
Ukrainian:гра п'ять на п'ять, п'ятина п'яти, ...
Hindi:पांच-पांच खिलाड़ियों का खेल, पाँच-खिलाड़ियों वाला, ...
Bengali:পাঁচ-পাঁচের খেলা, পাঁচ-পাঁচের, ...
Catalan:cinc contra cinc, de cinc contra cinc, ...
Czech:hra pět na pět, pět na pět, ...
Danish:femmandskamp, femmands, ...
Dutch:vijf-tegen-vijf, 5-tegen-5, ...
Greek:πέντε εναντίον πέντε, πενταμελής, ...
Hungarian:öt az öt ellen, öt az öt elleni, ...
Khmer:ការប្រកួតប្រាំនាក់ទល់នឹងប្រាំនាក់, ប្រាំនាក់ទល់នឹងប្រាំនាក់, ...
Korean:5대5 경기, 5대5의, ...
Persian:بازی پنج به پنج, پنج نفره, ...
Polish:pięciu na pięciu, pięcioosobowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):cinco contra cinco, ...
Romanian:cinci la cinci, cu cinci jucători, ...
Swedish:femspel, femspelare, ...
Thai:เกมห้าต่อห้า, ห้าต่อห้า, ...
Turkish:beşe beş maç, beşer kişilik, ...
Vietnamese:trận bóng rổ 5 đấu 5, năm người một đội, ...

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