FIVE

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


Etymology

Numeral

five

A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.

Describing a group or set with five elements.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• vife

Proper noun

Five (plural er-noun)

(UK) Abbreviation of MI5.

Synonyms

(Security Service)

• 5

• MI5

• Security Service

Coordinate terms

• Six (MI6)

Anagrams

• vife

Source: Wiktionary


Five, a. Etym: [OE. fif, five, AS. fif, fife; akin to D. vijf, OS. fif, OHG. finf, funf, G. fünf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. cóic, 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



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