fifth
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- noun
- /fɪfθ/
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quinto
- If you divide the cake into five equal pieces, each piece is a fifth of the whole.
- one-fifth
- four-fifths
- three-fifths
This plan would only undo a fifth of those cuts.
- This plan would only undo a fifth of those cuts.
Examples
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Only a fifth of a second off.
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Social studies constitute but one strand, less than a fifth, in the school curriculum.
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You lost a fifth of your blood.
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Now it's one out of five patients who are dying.
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This plan would only undo a fifth of those cuts.
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In total, this was about a fifth of what the Finnish government had asked for in 1925.
Academic text (1999) -
Between 1980 and 2000, Alaska accounted for an average of one-fifth of U.S. oil production.
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One fifth of Afghanistan now lives in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.
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Financial impediments were most frequent, occurring in more than one-fifth of the cases.
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One justification for spending nearly one-fifth of the United States GDP on healthcare is that high-quality health outcomes will result.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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1.0
An amount equal to twenty out of every one hundred
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1.1
One of five equal parts of a whole
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7.4
One of five equal groups used to compare people or numbers
One of five equal parts of a whole
Idioms
- Formal
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8.3
To refuse to answer questions in court to avoid saying something that could make you look guilty
- Formal
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7.5
Refuse to answer questions in court or by police to avoid saying you did something wrong
Compounds
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4.7
A US legal right that protects people from forced testimony, being tried twice, and unfair legal process
- Specialized
A rule that says there is exactly one line through a point that is parallel to a given line
- Specialized
A main nerve in the face that carries feeling and controls chewing muscles
A Crusade from 1218 to 1221 where European Christians tried to take Jerusalem by attacking Egypt but failed
A council of Catholic leaders in Rome 1512–1517 that made church reforms and planned a crusade against the Turks
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Etymology
Fifth for a part comes from five + -th, meaning 'one of five', so a 'fifth' is one equal part when a whole is divided into five parts.