Definitions for Fifth
fɪfθ or, often, fɪθfifth

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fifthnoun

   a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

2. fifthnoun

   position five in a countable series of things

   "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"

3. one-fifth, fifth, fifth part, twenty percentnoun

   one part in five equal parts

4. fifthadjective

   the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

5. fifth, 5thadjective

   coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fifthnoun

   The person or thing in the fifth position.

2. fifthnoun

   One of five equal parts of a whole.

3. fifthnoun

   The fifth gear of an engine.

4. fifthnoun

   A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters.

5. fifthnoun

   The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.

6. fifthnoun

   The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

7. fifthadjective

   The ordinal form of the number five.

8. Fifthnoun

   The Fifth Amendment.

9. Fifthnoun

   The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.

10. Fifthnoun

    Fifth Avenue.

11. Fifthnoun

    Fifth Street.

12. Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FIFTHadjective

   Etymology: fifta, Saxon.

   1. The ordinal of five; the next to the fourth.

   With smiling aspect you serenely move,
   In your fifth orb, and rule the realm of love. Dryden.

   Just as I wish’d, the lots were cast on four,
   Myself the fifth. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. ix.

   2. All the ordinals are taken elliptically for the part which they express: a fifth, a fifth part; a third, a third part.

   The publick shall have lost four fifths of its annual income for ever. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fifth

   Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fifth

   A "fifth" generally refers to one out of five equal parts of a whole. It constitutes 20% of the total. In other terms, it may also refer to the position that comes after the fourth and before the sixth in a series or count. Also, in music, it refers to an interval spanning five consecutive notes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fifthadjective

   next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five

2. Fifthadjective

   consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing

3. Fifthnoun

   the quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part

4. Fifthnoun

   the interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key

5. Etymology: [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. ffta. See Five.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fifth

   fifth, adj. next after the fourth.—n. one of five equal parts: (mus.) a tone five diatonic degrees above or below any given tone.—adv. Fifth′ly, in the fifth place.—ns. Fifth′-mon′archism; Fifth′-mon′archist.—Fifth-monarchy men, an extreme sect of the time of the Puritan revolution, who looked for the establishment of a new reign of Christ on earth, in succession to Daniel's four great monarchies of Antichrist. [A.S. fífta.]

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fifthnoun

   See 1/5. I could Drink a whole Hennesy fifth - Xzibit (Restless)

2. fifthnoun

   Fifth street. On the corner, fifth and eighth is where he caught the mad papes -- Buddha Monk featuring Drunken Dragon (Sometime Faces)

3. fifthnoun

   .45 cal. handgun.

4. fifthnoun

   5th avenue manhattan

Matched Categories

1. • United States Liquid Unit
   • Common Fraction
   • Rank

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Fifth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3061

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Fifth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1790

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How to pronounce Fifth?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Fifth in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fifth in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fifth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Fifth in a Sentence

1. David Studinski:

   Gender nonconforming and transgender individuals face challenges within our own community, say nothing of the vast array of perceptions they experience outside of it. Compound that with the trials and tribulations of childhood and adolescence, and it's quite obvious why these amazing young people deserve to see 2 million people supporting them along Fifth Avenue, what the world will see in return are smiling young faces, lit up by the ecstatic energy of rainbow-flag-waving spectators. If they're OK with who they are, the world should be, too.

2. The EIU:

   Sydney has risen from fifth to third, thanks to an improvement in its culture and environment score, reflecting an increased focus on combating and mitigating the impacts of climate change, as outlined by the city's 'Sustainable Sydney 2030' strategy.

3. Briton Murray:

   It was a tough match. At the end of the fourth set it was really tough, to lose that set 6-4 was hard but I tried to use all my energy at the start of the fifth to get myself pumped up, and the crowd, and thankfully got the break and managed to hang on.

4. Monty McCutchen:

   The first one is traveling and the second one is traveling and the third, fourth and fifth one are traveling, im only joking to show that there are POEs and then there are POEs. We really want to get better at our fundamentals of the game and traveling is a big part of that.

5. Fords CEO Jim Farley:

   When a fifth of your workforce isn't coming in, in a manufacturing operation where everyone has their job and you don't know who's going to be missing every day, man, it's really challenging.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Fifth
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fifth
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Fifth
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fifth
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Fifth
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Fifth