five

[Five]

The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

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Four and one added; one more than four.

Noun
a team that plays basketball

Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

Adjective S.
being one more than four


a.
Four and one added; one more than four.

n.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.

n.
A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.


Five

Five , a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f'c6f, f'c6fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f'c6f, OHG. finf, funf, G. f'81nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. c'a2ic, L. quinque, Gr. , '92ol. , Skr. pacan. 303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.] Four and one added; one more than four. Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.

Five

Five , n. 1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.

Four and one added; one more than four.

The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.

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Usage Examples

After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, or anger toward myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture.

And at five o'clock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country.

Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.

Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.

About 20 per cent of the population believe themselves to have a food allergy and only about five per cent actually do.

Misspelled Form

five, dfive, rfive, tfive, gfive, vfive, cfive, dive, rive, tive, give, vive, cive, fdive, frive, ftive, fgive, fvive, fcive, fuive, f8ive, f9ive, foive, fjive, fkive, fuve, f8ve, f9ve, fove, fjve, fkve, fiuve, fi8ve, fi9ve, fiove, fijve, fikve, ficve, fifve, figve, fibve, fi ve, fice, fife, fige, fibe, fi e, fivce, fivfe, fivge, fivbe, fiv e, fivwe, fiv3e, fiv4e, fivre, fivse, fivde, fivw, fiv3, fiv4, fivr, fivs, fivd, fivew, five3, five4, fiver, fives, fived.

Other Usage Examples

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.

And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five.

A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the House Judiciary Committee to institute impeachment proceedings against these five justices.

All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.

As a mom, I understand how important it is to ensure kids start their day right and always make sure my kids have a nutritious breakfast. One in five U.S. children live in homes where food is not always available, which is why I partnered with Kellogg's on their 'Share Your Breakfast' campaign, which provide breakfasts to kids in need.

And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them.

A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money.

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