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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
  2. something numbered five or having five units, as a playing card, domino, face of a dice, etc.
  3. Informal a five-dollar bill

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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five Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • play: Meaning that about 200 boys were playing Fives on one afternoon.

Adjective modifier

  • high: Make sure you have someone handy to exchange high fives with.
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five quotes

If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons why men drink, Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by-and-by, Or any other reason why.

-Aldrich, Henry

Yblessed be god that I have wedded fyve! Welcome the sixte, whan that evere he shal.

-Chaucer, Geoffrey

   Take a little timeöcount five-and-twenty,Tattycoram.

-Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

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