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five
(fīv)n.
Idiom: 1. The cardinal number equal to 4 + 1.
2. The fifth in a set or sequence.
3. Something, such as a quintet or a basketball team, that has five parts, units, or members.
4. A five-dollar bill.
5. fives(used with a sing. verb) Sports One of several forms of handball originating in England and played mainly at British schools and universities, in which only the receiving side can score points.
give me/gimme five
Used when offering a high-five, as in congratulation.
five adj. & pron.
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five
(faɪv)n
1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 5, V, etc, representing this number
3. (Mathematics) the amount or quantity that is one greater than four
4. (Games, other than specified) something representing, represented by, or consisting of five units, such as a playing card with five symbols on it
determiner
a. amounting to five: five minutes; five nights.
b. (as pronoun): choose any five you like. penta-quinque-
[Old English fīf; related to Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Old High German finf, Latin quinque, Greek pente, Sanskrit pañca]
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five
(faɪv)n.
1. a cardinal number, four plus one.
2. a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. a five-dollar bill.
adj. 5. amounting to five in number.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English fīf; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon fīf, Old High German fimf, finf, Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Latin quīnque, Greek pénte, Skt pancha]
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Five
a basketball team.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | five - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one |
2. | five - a team that plays basketball forward - a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team center - a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game guard - a position on a basketball team basketball league - a league of basketball teams | |
3. | five - a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips dice, die - a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers domino - a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots spot - a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot" | |
Adj. | 1. | five - being one more than four cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
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five
determinerCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
пет
cinccinquena
pětpětiletý
femfem årfem år gammel
kvin
viis
femmaviisiviitonen
pet
öt
lima
fimmfimm ára
五
5
penkipenkiametispenkinėpenkiospenkių
piecgadīgspiecipiecniekspiecu gadu vecums
cinci
päťpäť rokov
pet
femfemma
ห้า
beşbeş yaşbeş yaşında
п'ять
nămngũ
five
[faɪv]A. ADJ → cinco
she is five (years old) → tiene cinco años (de edad)
they live at number five → viven en el número cinco
there are five of us → somos cinco
all five of them came → vinieron los cinco
it costs five pounds → cuesta or vale cinco libras
five and a quarter/half → cinco y cuarto/medio
five-day week → semana f inglesa
it's five (o'clock) → son las cinco
she is five (years old) → tiene cinco años (de edad)
they live at number five → viven en el número cinco
there are five of us → somos cinco
all five of them came → vinieron los cinco
it costs five pounds → cuesta or vale cinco libras
five and a quarter/half → cinco y cuarto/medio
five-day week → semana f inglesa
it's five (o'clock) → son las cinco
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
five
[ˈfaɪv] num → cinqHe's five → Il a cinq ans.five-a-side football n (British) → football m à cinqfive-day week n → semaine f de cinq joursfive-door [ˌfaɪvˈdɔːr] n (= car) → cinq portes f invfive-o'clock shadow n → barbe f d'un jour
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
five
adj → fünf
n → Fünf f ? also six
five
:five-a-side
five-o’clock shadow
n nachmittäglicher Anflug von Bartstoppeln
five
:five-spot
n (US inf) → Fünfdollarschein m
five-star hotel
n → Fünf-Sterne-Hotel nt
five-year plan
n → Fünfjahresplan m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
five
[faɪv]1. adj → cinque inv
she is five (years old) → ha cinque anni
they live at number five/at five Green Street → vivono al numero cinque/al numero cinque di Green Street
there are five of us → siamo in cinque
all five of them came → sono venuti tutti e cinque
it costs five pounds → costa cinque sterline
five and a quarter/half → cinque e un quarto/e mezzo
it's five (o'clock) → sono le cinque
she is five (years old) → ha cinque anni
they live at number five/at five Green Street → vivono al numero cinque/al numero cinque di Green Street
there are five of us → siamo in cinque
all five of them came → sono venuti tutti e cinque
it costs five pounds → costa cinque sterline
five and a quarter/half → cinque e un quarto/e mezzo
it's five (o'clock) → sono le cinque
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
five
(faiv) noun1. the number or figure 5.
2. the age of 5.
adjective1. 5 in number.
2. aged 5.
five- having five (of something). a five-apartment house.
ˈfiver noun (a banknote worth) #5 or $5. It cost me a fiver.
ˈfive-year-old noun a person or animal that is five years old.
adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is five years old.
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five
→ خَمْسَة pět fem fünf πέντε cinco viisi cinq pet cinque 五 5 vijf fem pięć cinco пять fem ห้า beş năm 五Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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