fifth
fifth Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Constituting number five in a sequence; coming after the fourth in time, order, or importance.
"May is the fifth month of the calendar year."
Constituting one of five equal parts into which something is divided.
"Each partner is entitled to a fifth share of the company's annual profits."
• noun
The person, thing, or position coming after the fourth in a sequence, series, or competition.
"The annual conference will be held on the fifth of October."
One of five equal parts into which a whole is divided; a fraction equal to twenty percent.
"Nearly a fifth of the national budget was allocated to education and healthcare."
A musical interval spanning five diatonic scale degrees, or the fifth note of a diatonic scale (the dominant).
"The violinist tuned her instrument by listening carefully to the open fifths."
The fifth forward gear in the transmission of a motor vehicle.
"Once on the open highway, the driver shifted smoothly into fifth."
American A unit of liquid measure for distilled spirits equal to one-fifth of a US gallon (approximately 757 milliliters), or a bottle of this size.
"He bought a fifth of bourbon at the liquor store for the holiday party."
• adverb
In the fifth place; used to introduce the fifth point, item, or stage in a series.
"She finished fifth in the marathon after months of rigorous training."
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'fifta', an ordinal derivative of 'fif' (five), descending from Proto-Germanic '*fimfto' and Proto-Indo-European '*penkwto-'. The modern consonant cluster '-fth' developed in Middle English by analogy with 'fourth'.