Fifth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five.
  2. being one of five equal parts.
  3. 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
  1. in the fifth place; fifthly.
noun
  1. a fifth part, especially of one (1/5).
  2. the fifth member of a series.
  3. a fifth part of a gallon of liquor or spirits; 4/5 (0.8) of a quart (about 750 milliliters).
  4. fifth gear.
  5. 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.
Idioms
  1. to decline on the basis of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to answer a question when testifying.
adjective (usually prenominal)
    • coming after the fourth in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 5th
    • (as noun)
noun
    • one of five equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
    • (as modifier)
  2. the fraction equal to one divided by five (1/5)
  3. 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
  4. an additional high gear fitted to some motor vehicles
adverb
  1. after the fourth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector
  1. as the fifth point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
Fifth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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