1. Adjective
Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
2. Adjective
Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
3. Noun
The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
4. Noun
The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.
5. Noun
one part in five equal parts
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics
6. Noun
position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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