FIFTH as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
    Hypernyms(s) fifth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
    Hypernyms(s) fifth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • a fifth part
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) fifth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • position five in a countable series of things
    Usage Example(s)
    • he was fifth out of several hundred runners
    Hypernyms(s) fifth is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

FIFTH as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
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