five
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- numeral
- /faɪv/
- There are five men out there.
- five years
- five minutes
- five days
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Watch on YouTubeI worked at Home Depot for five years.
- I worked at Home Depot for five years.
- He put his head in the sand for five straight years.
- So you have a maximum of five takes, you know.
- So that like couple cars in that five year gap.
- So once Tony gets here, it's five guys, five days.
- So let's go ahead and back trace five years from now.
- He's been locked up five, almost six years.
- I want you to give me top five female comedians.
- Judge AM sentenced Allen to five months at Rikers Island.
- I think you get like four or five in a pack.
Examples
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You've got about five minutes.
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We're gonna need at least five minutes before we go on.
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And if you put in five, it works.
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So you have a maximum of five takes, you know.
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Come in for five minutes, say hi to Mum.
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You see, brother, I have a wife and five children in Kansas City.
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In fact, when I started in 1994, there were only five of us with websites.
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They're five years out of date.
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It's five blocks, Brad.
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Everyone in the class showed five fingers to indicate how many pets they had.
Synonyms
Idioms
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5.6
An announcement in a store asking staff to clean a mess in an aisle right away
Compounds
- Informal
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2.6
A gesture two people make by slapping raised open hands together to celebrate
- Informal
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2.0
A gesture where two people each raise one hand and slap palms to celebrate
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2.1
A very comfortable, expensive hotel with excellent service and many facilities
- Specialized
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6.3
The strongest hurricane level has winds so high they can destroy buildings
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3.2
A ground Chinese spice mix made from star anise, fennel, pepper, cloves and cinnamon
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8.2
A group of five Iroquois tribes in northeastern North America that make rules and fight together when needed
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7.4
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
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Etymology
Five comes from a very old number word that appears in many languages, for example Latin quinque, Greek pente, and Sanskrit pañca, and a simple way to remember it is the five fingers on one hand. So five means 'one more than four' and is the number you can hold up on one hand.