fifth

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Synonyms: filth, fifty, firth, fith, ifth

Antonyms: filth, fifty, firth, fith, ifth

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Adjective

1. The ordinal form of the number [[five]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|[[ellipsis]]|or|[[nominalization]]}} The person or thing in the fifth position.
2. One of five equal parts of a whole: [[one-fifth]].
3. {{lb|en|US}} A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American [[gallon]], or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, [[three quarters]] of a liter).
4. {{lb|en|music}} The musical [[interval]] between one note and another five [[scale degree]]s higher (the fifth note in a [[scale]])
5. The fifth voice in a [[polyphonic]] melody.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|music}} To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|nonstandard}} To divide by five.

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|chiefly|US|informal|with ''the''}} The [[Fifth Amendment]].
2. {{lb|en|chiefly|US|informal|with ''the''|by extension}} The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.
3. {{lb|en|chiefly|US}} [[Fifth Avenue]].
4. {{lb|en|chiefly|US}} [[Fifth Street]].

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