Fifth
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

noun


(2)   The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
(3)   A quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
(4)   One part in five equal parts
(5)   Position five in a countable series of things
"He was fifth out of several hundred runners"
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Usage notes


In the UK the latter pronunciation is typically confined to lazy informal speech. In the United States it is a feature of some urban and African American dialects. The first pronunciation is both standard and vastly more common in both regions.

Noun



  1. The person or thing in the fifth position.
  2. One of five equal parts of a whole.
  3. The fifth gear of an engine.
  4. A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon.
  5. The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.
 
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