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fifth
[ fifthor, often, fith ]
adjective
- next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five.
- being one of five equal parts.
- Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of fourth gear for a given engine crankshaft speed:
fifth gear.
adverb
- in the fifth place; fifthly.
noun
- a fifth part, especially of one (1/5).
- the fifth member of a series.
- a fifth part of a gallon of liquor or spirits; 4/5 (0.8) of a quart (about 750 milliliters).
- Automotive. fifth gear.
- Music.
- a tone on the fifth degree from another tone (counted as the first).
- the interval between such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
fifth
/ 蹿瑟蹿胃 /
adjective
- coming after the fourth in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 5th
- ( as noun )
he came on the fifth
noun
- one of five equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- ( as modifier )
a fifth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by five ( 1 5 )
- music
- the interval between one note and another five notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other See also perfect diminished interval
- an additional high gear fitted to some motor vehicles
adverb
- Alsofifthly after the fourth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector
- Alsofifthly as the fifth point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of fifth1
Idioms and Phrases
- plead the Fifth, Law Informal. to decline on the basis of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to answer a question when testifying. Also take the Fifth.
More idioms and phrases containing fifth
- take the fifth
Example Sentences
James, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, had been hoping to win a fifth championship this season.
When they were pushed to the brink last season by Manchester City, winning their fifth successive title on goal difference, they responded by signing Champions League winners Bronze and Keira Walsh from Barcelona.
At that time, China didn鈥檛 rank in the top fifth, though it was scuttling upward.
He added that the fifth body was decomposed and had not yet been identified.
An international campaign currently underway calls for an amendment to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to add ecocide as a fifth prosecutable crime alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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