five
(adjective) being one more than four
five, five-spot
(noun) a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
five, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
five
A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
Describing a group or set with five elements.
five (plural fives)
The digit/figure 5.
A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.
Anything measuring five units, as length.
A person who is five years old.
Five o'clock.
A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
(basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.
• vife
Five (plural er-noun)
(UK) Abbreviation of MI5.
(Security Service)
• 5
• MI5
• Security Service
• Six (MI6)
• vife
Source: Wiktionary
Five, a. Etym: [OE. fif, five, AS. fif, fife; akin to D. vijf, OS. fif, OHG. finf, funf, G. fĂĽnf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. cĂłic, L. quinque, Gr. pa. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.]
Definition: Four and one added; one more than four.
Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.
Five, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
