Fifth

Quick meaning: Fifth is an adjective meaning The ordinal form of the number five.

Meaning

The ordinal form of the number five.

More Meanings

1. (ellipsis or nominalization) The person or thing in the fifth position.
2. One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.
3. (US) A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
4. (music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)
5. The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
6. (music) To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
7. (transitive, informal) To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.

Example Sentences

3/5 has been through fifthing. 2/3 has been through thirding. Therefore, 3/5 now needs thirding and 2/3 needs fifthing

It was then moved, seconded, thirded, fourthed, and fifthed, “that Jarman be, and is hereby hung, and ought to be kicked.”

Each of these three groups contributes some special insight into the nature of fifthing and the context in which it was practiced.

Though seconding (or fifthing) the praise for “BoJack Horseman” and “In Treatment,” I think I’ll use the majority of my space to discuss “You’re the Worst.”

Word Forms

• fift
• fifths
• fifthing
• fifthed

Synonyms for fifth

Depending on context, synonyms include V, ordinal, one-fifth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include one-fifth, ordinal, sixth, seventh, five, fifteenth.

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