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Meaning
Adj
●
In Five:
The
ordinal
form of the number five.
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).
●
In Music:
The
musical interval
between one
note
and another
five
scale degrees
higher (the
fifth
note
in a
scale
)
●
The
fifth
voice
in a
polyphonic
melody.
Verb
●
In Music:
To
sing
in the
fifth
voice
in a
polyphonic
melody.
●
To support something
fifth
, after
four
others have already done so.
●
To
divide
by five.
*
Name
●
The Fifth Amendment.
●
The right not to give
self-incriminating
testimony.
●
Fifth Avenue.
●
Fifth Street.
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Origin
fifth
English
fifthe
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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More
Rhymes
Pith
Myth
Kith
Gith
Sith
With
Grith
Fifth
Width
Crith
Frith
Smith
Forthwith
Bara Brith
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