fifth


Definition: Meaning of, fifth in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɪfθ /

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  1. coming after four other things in a series
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  2. fifth wheel American English informal someone who is not wanted in a particular group of people
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  1. one of five equal parts of something
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  2. American English an amount of alcohol equal to 1/5 of an American GALLON ( 2), sold in bottles
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fifth used in phrases

  • Euclid's fifth axiom (noun)
    1. only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line
  • Fifth Amendment (noun)
    1. law an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes; mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy; requires just compensation if private property is taken for public use
  • Fifth Amendment, the
    1. a part of the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES which says that you do not have to give information in a court of law which could be used against you, and that you cannot be put in prison or have your property taken away without a proper legal TRIAL
    2. plead/take the Fifth (Amendment) to refuse to give information against yourself in a court of law. People in the US sometimes use this expression humorously when they do not want to answer a question.
  • Fifth Avenue
    1. a street in New York that is famous for its expensive shops
  • Fifth Crusade (noun)
    1. a Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered
  • Fifth Lateran Council (noun)
    1. but did not carry out the council in 1512-1517 that published disciplinary decrees and planned a crusade against Turkey
  • eighty-fifth (adjective)
    1. the ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order
  • fifth column (noun)
    1. a group of people who work secretly to help the enemies of the country where they live or the organization in which they work
  • fifth columnist (noun)
    1. a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
  • fifth cranial nerve (noun)
    1. the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
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