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fifth
[ fifthor, often, fith ]
adjective
- next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five.
- being one of five equal parts.
- Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of fourth gear for a given engine crankshaft speed:
fifth gear.
adverb
- in the fifth place; fifthly.
noun
- a fifth part, especially of one (1/5).
- the fifth member of a series.
- a fifth part of a gallon of liquor or spirits; 4/5 (0.8) of a quart (about 750 milliliters).
- Automotive. fifth gear.
- Music.
- a tone on the fifth degree from another tone (counted as the first).
- the interval between such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
fifth
/ ɪθ /
adjective
- coming after the fourth in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 5th
- ( as noun )
he came on the fifth
noun
- one of five equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- ( as modifier )
a fifth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by five ( 1 5 )
- music
- the interval between one note and another five notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other See also perfect diminished interval
- an additional high gear fitted to some motor vehicles
adverb
- Alsofifthly after the fourth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector
- Alsofifthly as the fifth point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fifth1
Idioms and Phrases
- plead the Fifth, Law Informal. to decline on the basis of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to answer a question when testifying. Also take the Fifth.
More idioms and phrases containing fifth
- take the fifth
Example Sentences
The company's latest financial figures showed that global sales fell by 1% in the three months to the end of March, the fifth quarterly decline in a row.
About a fifth of all complaints contained mention of the failed referendum.
By 19:20 on Monday, the grid operator said more than a fifth of demand had been restored by way of Spain's own electricity generation and from France.
Rodriguez’s death was the second suspected homicide of the weekend and the fifth reported this month.
So for the Clippers, this fifth game is about tilting the odds back in their favor and the only way to do that is to win Game 5 in Denver on Tuesday night.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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