fifth
/fɪft/
Dictionary
noun
- The person or thing in the fifth position.
- One of five equal parts of a whole.
- The fifth gear of an engine.
- A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
- The musical interval between one note and another seven semitones higher (the fifth note in the major/minor scale)
- The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
Synonyms:⅕
verb
- To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.
- To divide by 5, equates to multiplying a denominator by 5
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number five.
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