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
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