5
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Definition
Noun:
- The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one: The natural number following four and preceding six. It is represented by the symbol 5 or the word "five."
Adjective:
- Being one more than four: Describing a quantity or amount equivalent to this number.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The answer to the equation is 5.
- She has five brothers and sisters.
- Please turn to page five.
Adjective:
- I need five apples for the recipe.
- He will be five years old next week.
- The meeting starts at five o'clock.
Advanced Usage
- "A five": Informally, can refer to a five-dollar bill or a five-pound note.
- Can you break a twenty? I need some fives.
- "Take five": An idiom meaning to take a short break, typically for five minutes.
- We've been working hard. Let's take five.
- "High five": A gesture of celebration or greeting where two people slap each other's raised hands.
- They gave each other a high five after scoring the goal.
Variants and Related Words
- Fifth (adj., n.): Constituting number five in a sequence; one of five equal parts.
- This is my fifth cup of coffee today.
- She ate one fifth of the pizza.
- Fivefold (adj., adv.): Five times as great or as numerous; consisting of five parts.
- There was a fivefold increase in sales.
Synonyms
- Quintet (n.): A group of five people or things.
- A quintet of musicians performed.
- Pentad (n.): A group or set of five (less common).
- V (n.): The Roman numeral for five.
Related Phrases
- Five-star: Of the highest quality or rank.
- They stayed in a five-star hotel.
- Five senses: The faculties of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
- The garden was a feast for all five senses.
- Nine-to-five: Referring to a standard full-time job with regular daytime hours.
- He has a typical nine-to-five office job.
Adjective
- being one more than four
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one