fifteen
/'fif'ti:n/
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Definition
Cardinal Number:
- The natural number following fourteen and preceding sixteen, represented by the numeral 15.
- The cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one.
Adjective:
- Amounting to fifteen in number.
- Being one more than fourteen.
Usage Examples
Cardinal Number:
- There are fifteen students in the classroom.
- She celebrated her fifteenth birthday last week. (Note: 'fifteenth' is the ordinal form, derived from 'fifteen').
Adjective:
- The recipe requires fifteen eggs.
- He waited for fifteen minutes.
Advanced Usage
"Sweet fifteen": A term sometimes used, analogous to "sweet sixteen," to mark a girl's fifteenth birthday.
- Her family threw a large party for her sweet fifteen.
Used in sports scoring: In some sports like rugby, a try is worth five points, so three tries equal fifteen points.
- The team scored three tries for a total of fifteen points.
Variants and Related Words
Fifteenth (adj, n): Constituting number fifteen in a sequence; the ordinal form of fifteen.
- This is the fifteenth time I've called you.
- Her office is on the fifteenth floor.
Fifteenfold (adj, adv): Fifteen times as great or as numerous; multiplied by fifteen.
- The investment saw a fifteenfold increase.
Synonyms
- A dozen and three: An informal way to express fifteen (12 + 3).
- XV: The Roman numeral for fifteen.
Related Phrases
Fifteen minutes of fame: An idiom referring to short-lived media publicity or celebrity, popularized by artist Andy Warhol.
- The viral video gave him his fifteen minutes of fame.
The fifteen: Can refer to historical groups, such as the Jacobite rising of 1715.
- The rebellion of the Fifteen was a significant event.
Idioms
- Ten-fifteen: In informal communication (e.g., CB radio), a code meaning "message received" or "acknowledged."
- Driver one, do you copy? Ten-fifteen.
Adjective
- being one more than fourteen
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one