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Meaning of 'fifth' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fifth [ a.]
- Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
- Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
2 . Fifth [ n.]
- The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
- The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.

Meaning of 'fifth' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fifth [ n]
Meaning (1):
- position five in a countable series of things
Example in sentence:
  • he was fifth out of several hundred runners

Nearby Words:

fife fifed fifer fifing fifteen fifteenth fifthly fifties fiftieth fifty

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