five
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- noun
- /faɪv/
- The Central Park Five is having a theatrical release before its 2013 PBS broadcast.
- the Fab Five
- the Big Five
Examples
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Personally, I'm leaning towards the top five times I was closest to death.
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Come on, give me your top five strikers today in world football.
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So in the Strike Force Five, I was just wondering.
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OK, let's go for the five case study.
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Could you give us your top five labels of all time?
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I have been looking for this PS five everywhere.
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Alyssa wants to know, what are your top five Pandora stations?
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It coincided with the reigns of the Five Good Emperors.
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The card she played was a five of hearts.
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In basketball, the five is typically the center position.
Synonyms
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7.1
A group of five people or things considered one unit
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A group of five similar things treated as one
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A group of five people who work or play together
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A game piece like a card or die that shows five spots
A set of five similar people or things treated as one group
Idioms
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An announcement in a store asking staff to clean a mess in an aisle right away
Compounds
- Informal
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A gesture two people make by slapping raised open hands together to celebrate
- Informal
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A gesture where two people each raise one hand and slap palms to celebrate
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A very comfortable, expensive hotel with excellent service and many facilities
- Specialized
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The strongest hurricane level has winds so high they can destroy buildings
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A ground Chinese spice mix made from star anise, fennel, pepper, cloves and cinnamon
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A group of five Iroquois tribes in northeastern North America that make rules and fight together when needed
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A simple practice using all five fingers to improve their speed and control
A North American plant with shiny dark red stems and leaves shaped like five fingers
A small wild plant from eastern North America with clusters of bristly blue flowers
- Australian
A card game for two or more where each player has five cards and bidder must take three tricks
A small forest plant with a low leaf cluster and tiny green flowers on thin stems
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun five is just the same old number word used as a name for things that show that number, like the 'five' of hearts or a die with five dots. So when you call a card or a domino a five, you are simply naming the object by the number on it.