FIVE DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
five adj 1: being one more than four [syn: five, 5, v] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe] 2: a team that plays basketball [syn: basketball team, five] 3: a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips [syn: five-spot, five] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) five noun Etymology: Middle English, from five, adjective, from Old English fīf; akin to Old High German finf five, Latin quinque, Greek pente Date: before 12th century 1. — see number table 2. plural a British handball game 3. the fifth in a set or series <the five of clubs> 4. something having five units or members; especially a basketball team 5. a 5-dollar bill 6. fifteen 2 7. a slapping of extended right hands by two people (as in greeting or celebration) — usually used in phrases with give or slap <so I slapped him five and hugged him — J. R. Burke> • five adjective • five pronoun, plural in construction Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary five (fives) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Five is the number 5. Eric Edward Bullus was born in Peterborough, the second of five children. NUM see also high five English Explanatory Dictionary five faɪv n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than four or one half of ten; the sum of three units and two units. 2 a symbol for this (5, v, V). 3 a size etc. denoted by five. 4 a set or team of five individuals. 5 the time of five o'clock (is it five yet?). 6 a card with five pips. 7 Cricket a hit scoring five runs. --adj. that amount to five. øbunch of fives Brit. sl. a hand or fist. five-corner (or -corners) Austral. 1 a shrub of the genus Styphelia. 2 the pentagonal fruit of this. five-eighth Austral. & NZ Rugby Football either of two players between the scrum-half and the centre three-quarter. five-finger exercise 1 an exercise on the piano involving all the fingers. 2 an easy task. five hundred a form of euchre in which 500 points make a game. five o'clock shadow beard-growth visible on a man's face in the latter part of the day. five-star of the highest class. five-year plan 1 (in the USSR) a government plan for economic development over five years, inaugurated in 1928. 2 a similar plan in another country. [OE fif f. Gmc] English-Old English dictionary five Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), n. 1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. --Matt. xxv. 2. 2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Five \Five\, a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f[=i]f, f[=i]fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f[=i]f, OHG. finf, funf, G. f["u]nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. c['o]ic, L. quinque, Gr. ?, [AE]ol. ?, Skr. pa?can. [root]303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.] Four and one added; one more than four. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia FIVE fiv (chamesh; pente). See NUMBER. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "five": cast, company, complement, crew, eight, eleven, first string, first team, nine, platoon, reserves, rowing crew, second string, second team, squad, string, team, third string, varsity |
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