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fifth

fifth

706 1.0
Number that comes after four in a list
  • adjective
  • /fɪfθ/
: quinto
  • Sam and Molly are sitting in the fifth row of a crowded auditorium.
  • a fifth-grade student
  • fifth century B.C.
  • fourth and fifth

I want to say for the fifth time yet I am.

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Examples

  • We're on the fifth floor.

  • Two fourth-grade classes and two fifth-grade classes were tested during the study.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So we had just opened our fifth location.

  • So the first step, second step, third step, this is the fifth step of that sequence.

  • And then this is our fifth year of doing beauty founders.

  • The results of the fifth ballot are...

  • The excavations revealed 18 very rare horse burials dating to the early fifth century B.C.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In the first decades of the fifth century B.C., the competition to dominate Sicily intensified.

    Academic text (2011)
  • A long line of patrons stretches down Fifth Avenue, waiting to get into the Saturday Night Opry.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • We are celebrating our fifth anniversary this year.

Idioms

16 8.3

To refuse to answer questions in court to avoid saying something that could make you look guilty

Refuse to answer questions in court or by police to avoid saying you did something wrong

Compounds

47 3.3

A famous street in Manhattan known for expensive shops and landmarks

17 1.1

One of five equal parts of a whole

7 1.0

The position that comes after number twenty-four in a list

fifth wheel
  • Offensive
3 7.0

A person who feels left out when others are a couple

3 9.8

A group of people inside a country or organization who secretly help an enemy

A person who secretly helps an enemy inside their country

1 5.1

An extra wheel and tire kept in a car for emergencies

1 1.0

The position after sixty-four in a list

fifth wheel
  • Archaic
1 9.1

A metal part on a wagon that lets the front axle turn for steering

A council of Catholic leaders in Rome 1512–1517 that made church reforms and planned a crusade against the Turks

A Crusade from 1218 to 1221 where European Christians tried to take Jerusalem by attacking Egypt but failed

1 1.2

One of five equal parts of a whole

The position number 105 in a list

Euclid's fifth axiom
  • Specialized
9.9

A rule that says there is exactly one line through a point that is parallel to a given line

A US legal right that protects people from forced testimony, being tried twice, and unfair legal process

fifth base
  • Offensive
9.9

A slang phrase for having sex as the final step in dating

fifth cranial nerve
  • Specialized
7.4

A main nerve in the face that carries feeling and controls chewing muscles

It comes after one hundred and thirty-four in order

The position number 125 in a list, order, or series

A person or thing in position one hundred and fifty-five in a list

The position number one hundred and forty-five in a list

The position number 175 in a series

A position that comes after one hundred sixty-four others in a sequence

How Late

hundredth
1 1.0
thirtieth
5 1.0
twentieth
51 1.0
fifth
706 1.0
first
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

fifth positive

Morphology

fifth = five (transparent) = five + th

Standard ordinal formation from 'five' + '-th'; the meaning 'number five in order' is directly derived.

Etymology

Fifth comes from Old English fifta, made from five plus the ending -th that marks order. So it means 'after the fourth' or number five in a sequence.