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fifth

/fɪfθ/noun, adjective1 syllable

Fifth means: one part in five equal parts.

Synonyms for fifth9

noun, as in one part in five equal parts

one-fifth, fifth part, twenty percent

adjective, as in coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

5th, ordinal

also used for fifth

Vth, V., V,

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What does fifth mean?5

noun

1

one part in five equal parts

2

a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

3

position five in a countable series of things“he was fifth out of several hundred runners”

4

the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

adjective

1

coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Fifth in a sentence

  • I live on the fifth floor, and there's no lift.sundown
  • A second later, a fifth shell erupted from the cannon.AlanF_US
  • On the fifth day, the duck was still alive.Pacific
  • Beethoven composed three symphonies: his first, fifth and ninth.rul
  • If your rent comes in past the fifth, a late charge will be added.CK
  • First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth... penultimate, last.unknown
  • When you get on the highway, shift into fifth gear.enteka
  • Australia is the world's fifth-largest coal producer.Hybrid

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Forms of fifth

as a noun

plural
fifths