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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. 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
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