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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIFTEE'N, a. Five and ten.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being one more than fourteen [syn: fifteen, 15, xv] n
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one [syn: fifteen, 15, XV]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English fiftene, adjective, from Old English f?ft?ne, from f?f five + -t?ene (akin to Old English t?en ten) — more at five, ten Date: before 12th century 1. — see number table 2. the first point scored by a side in a game of tennis — called also five • fifteen adjective • fifteen pronoun, plural in construction • fifteenth adjective or noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than fourteen, or five more than ten; the product of three units and five units. 2 a symbol for this (15, xv, XV). 3 a size etc. denoted by fifteen. 4 a team of fifteen players, esp. in Rugby football. 5 (the Fifteen) hist. the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. 6 (15) Brit. (of films) classified as suitable for persons of 15 years and over. --adj. that amount to fifteen. Derivatives: fifteenth adj. & n. Etymology: OE fiftene (as FIVE, -TEEN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fifteen Fif"teen`, a. [OE. fiftene, AS. f[=i]ft[=y]ne, f[=i]ft[=e]ne. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifty.] Five and ten; one more than fourteen.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fifteen Fif"teen`, n. 1. The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects. 2. A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fifteens) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Fifteen is the number 15. In India, there are fifteen official languages. NUM