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Meaning of fifth

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fifth

Pronunciation:/fɪft//fɪft/

noun

Definitions

  1. The person or thing in the fifth position.

  2. One of five equal parts of a whole.

  3. The fifth gear of an engine.

  4. A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).

verb

Definitions

  1. To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.

  2. To divide by 5, equates to multiplying a denominator by 5

adjective

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number five.