Definitions for fifth
fɪfθ or, often, fɪθfifth

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fifth(noun)

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

2. fifth(noun)

   position five in a countable series of things

   "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"

3. one-fifth, fifth, fifth part, twenty percent(noun)

   one part in five equal parts

4. fifth(adj)

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

5. fifth, 5th(adj)

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fifth(Noun)

   The person or thing in the fifth position.

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

2. fifth(Noun)

   One of five equal parts of a whole.

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

3. fifth(Noun)

   The fifth gear of an engine.

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

4. fifth(Noun)

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

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

5. fifth(Noun)

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

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

6. fifth(Noun)

   The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

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

7. fifth(Adjective)

   The ordinal form of the number five.

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

8. Fifth(ProperNoun)

   The Fifth Amendment.

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

9. Fifth(ProperNoun)

   The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.

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

10. Fifth(ProperNoun)

    Fifth Avenue.

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

11. Fifth(ProperNoun)

    Fifth Street.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fifth(adj)

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

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

2. Fifth(adj)

   consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing

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

3. Fifth(noun)

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

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

4. Fifth(noun)

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

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fifth(noun)

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

2. fifth(noun)

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

3. fifth(noun)

   .45 cal. handgun.

4. fifth(noun)

   5th avenue manhattan

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

How to pronounce fifth?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Habib Jan:

   This isn't once or twice, it's the fourth or fifth time, all by the Taliban. A lot of my friends, a lot of my family have been wounded or killed, our young people have been killed, our children have been killed, our old men have been killed, our girls have been killed. What can we do?

2. Gleb Tumanov:

   I'm here because of Vladimir Putin's desire to stay for a fifth term or even maybe a sixth, it just feels sad. And reminiscent of the Soviet Union. I didn't spend very much time living in the Soviet Union obviously but neither do I have any desire to do so.

3. President Trump:

   They dont mind if theres a protest of thousands of people walking down Fifth Avenue in New York City, but as soon as you get a great group of people, friendly, you know, innocent, nice people in here who want to come for a great cause, all of a sudden because its my father and its because its awesome, because its a platform that they dont approve of. You know, they all go nuts.

4. Eric Goldberg:

   the single most important surviving author from fifth-century Gaul

5. Trevor Lawrence:

   We got tested, i think we passed.It will be Clemson's fourth championship game appearance in five years.Historic performance for Joe BurrowEntering College Football Playoff, LSU, Ohio State and Clemson were seen as the elite teams, with Oklahoma the only one of the four with a loss.And LSU( 14-0), earning the top spot in the College Football Playoff rankings -- and thus avoiding Ohio State and Clemson in the semifinals -- took emphatic advantage of being the No. 1 seed. LSU's 63 points is a record for a College Football Playoff semifinal game.Burrow, this year's winner of the Heisman Trophy and widely presumed the top pick in the upcoming NFL draft, is the first player in Football Bowl Subdivision history to have eight touchdowns in a bowl game.In the first half, Burrow threw for seven touchdowns, tying the record in any bowl game for passing touchdowns thrown in a game. Four of those touchdown receptions went to wide receiver Justin Jefferson, who tied the all-time single-game bowl record with that tally.var id =' / / platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'.replace( / \ s + / g,'') ; !! document.getElementById( id) | |( function makeEmbedScript( d, id) { var js, fjs ; js = d.createElement(' script') ; js.id = id ; js.charset =' utf-8' ; js.setAttribute(' async','') ; js.src =' / / platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(' script') [ 0 ] ; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore( js, fjs) ; }( document, id)) ; Joe Burrow has thrown 7 TD passes, tied for the most ever in a bowl game. ... Its halftime. #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/AZcs1lbHSD ESPN( @espn) December 28, 2019 To add to a stat line that looked like it came from a video game, Burrow also rushed for one touchdown. For the night, he completed 29 of 39 passes for 493 yards -- and that includes sitting for most of the fourth quarter.With his performance on Saturday, Joe Burrow became the fifth quarterback to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season.var id =' / / platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'.replace( / \ s + / g,'') ; !! document.getElementById( id) | |( function makeEmbedScript( d, id) { var js, fjs ; js = d.createElement(' script') ; js.id = id ; js.charset =' utf-8' ; js.setAttribute(' async','') ; js.src =' / / platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(' script') [ 0 ] ; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore( js, fjs) ; }( document, id)) ; Another Record Ball pic.twitter.com/CMklmCpmDI LSU Football( @LSUfootball) December 28, 2019 Joe Burrow graduated in three years from Ohio State. But he didn't get a lot of playing time when he was with the Buckeyes, so he transferred to LSU in 2018 and has flourished since.When asked if he'd prefer to play Ohio State to potentially have a perfect ending to his college career, Burrow simply said.

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