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fifth part

fifth part

1.2
One of five equal parts of a whole
  • noun
translation icon : quinto
  • When splitting the cake, each child received a fifth part, ensuring everyone had an equal share.

Examples

  • The fifth part places Mexico within the larger process of hemispheric integration, and the sixth reviews alternative work on Mexico's external relations.

    Academic text (1996)

  • 2) The fifth part of the profit will pay for navigational instruments to be imported from Nuremberg.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I can't wait for the third and fifth parts.

    Blog text (30)

  • The program's fifth part is supporting applied research to build the knowledge base needed to develop solutions, transfer technology, and broaden understanding of critical problems.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The short fifth part of the novel starts with external focalization, then moves to Karin as focalizer and finally to Weber.

    Academic text (2009)

  • When, in the fifth part, Diomede escorts Criseida, he notes the love between her and Troiolo, and he secretly begins to yearn for her.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Well, we're pleased to finally be able to present to you the fifth part, in which the three winners (from the original 11 contestants) are chosen for exclusive residencies on the island of Ibiza.

    Blog text (25)

  • The team divided the budget into five equal segments, and the fifth part was allocated for advertising.

  • In a pie chart, each fifth part represents twenty percent of the whole, making it easy to understand the data distribution.

Synonyms

fifth
vsfifth part
30 1.0

One of five equal parts of something

refers to the same one-out-of-five portion with neutral wording
twenty percent
vsfifth part
20 1.0

An amount equal to twenty out of every one hundred

gives the equivalent portion as one part out of five rather than per hundred
one-fifth
vsfifth part
17 1.1

One of five equal parts of a whole

is the same meaning but in a general noun phrase for the portion

How Much

fifty percent
23 1.0
fifth part
1.2
ten percent
60 1.0
one percent
47 1.0

Surface Forms

fifth part singular
fifth parts plural

Morphology

fifth + part

The sense 'one of five equal portions' is directly derivable by combining 'fifth' (one-fifth) with 'part' (a piece or portion), so the overall meaning is compositional. This numerical + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English morphology, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Fifth part comes from the simple idea of cutting something into five equal pieces, like a pie, where each piece is a fifth or a part of the whole. That's why it means 'one of five equal portions'.