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US
/ˈfɪfθ, ˈfɪθ/
]
[ UK /fˈɪfθ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɪfθ/ ]
NOUN
-
position five in a countable series of things
he was fifth out of several hundred runners - one part in five equal parts
- the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
- a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
ADJECTIVE
- coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
How To Use fifth In A Sentence
- I only played three carefully considered notes with intuitive regard to choice of rhythm, tempo, dynamics - using a poignant interval, the minor sixth resolving to the perfect fifth.
- The fifth position went to a phishing activity, in which a university hacker stole Internet users' personal information by luring them to provide confidential data on disguised Web sites.
- Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row.
- Clach climbed five places into fifth spot after a wash out in the Highland League, with a 2-0 triumph over north rivals Fort William.
- Adopting, the additional computative burden imposed by it notwithstanding, Schonfeld's modification of Airy's formulæ, he introduced into his equations a fifth unknown quantity expressive of a possible stellar drift in galactic longitude. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
- The goddess Anahita, first mentioned in an inscription of Artaxerxes II, and described only in the late Fifth Yasht, appears to have been originally Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV
- For the late fifth and early sixth centuries, however, he was less constrained.
- He had never finished higher than fifth in an international championship.
- The fifth series of this thriller is more terrifying and heartbreaking than ever. The Sun
- ‘Unable to speak English and under the control of a gangmaster, these people were being paid one-fifth of the standard rate for their work,’ she added.
