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five (fīv)

adjective

totaling one more than four

Etymology: ME < OE fif, with assimilated nasal, akin to Ger fünf (OHG, Goth fimf) < IE base *penkwe > Sans páñca, Gr pente, L quinque

noun

  1. the cardinal number between four and six; 5; V
    1. any group of five people or things
    2. ☆ a basketball team
  3. something numbered five or having five units, as a playing card, domino, face of a dice, etc.
  4. ☆ Informal a five-dollar bill

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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