 fifth |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position | |
| Synonyms: | 5th | |
| Related terms: | ordinal | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon | |
| Related terms: | United_States_liquid_unit | |
| 3. | [ noun ] position five in a countable series of things | |
| Examples: | "he was fifth out of several hundred runners" |
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| Related terms: | rank | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (mathematics) a fifth part | |
| Synonyms: | one-fifth twenty_percent fifth_part | |
| Related terms: | common_fraction | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (music) the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it | |
| Related terms: | interval | |
| Similar spelling: |
fifty |
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