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five

Pronunciation: /fʌɪv/

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Definition of five

number

  • equivalent to the sum of two and three; one more than four, or half of ten; 5:five minutes later she came back five of Sweden’s top financial experts (Roman numeral: v, V)
  • a group or unit of five people or things:the bulbs are planted in threes or fives
  • five years old:Vic moved to Darlington when he was five
  • five o’clock:we left at half past five
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by five.
  • a playing card or domino with five pips.

Phrases

five a day

used in reference to nutritional guidelines recommending the consumption of at least five portions of fruit or vegetables each day:have you had your five a day today? overall, just one in five Americans meets the five-a-day minimum

Origin:

Old English fīf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijf and German fünf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin quinque and Greek pente

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