five

/faɪv/

noun★Beginner— the number 5

general

the number that comes after four and before six

There are five days left until the weekend.

The number five represents the remaining days.

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In English, 'five' is a basic cardinal number used to count objects or represent quantities.

Collocations

five minutesa short period of timefive-starof the highest quality

the five digits on a hand

the five ways humans perceive the world (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)

The ordinal form of 'five' is 'fifth', used to indicate order (e.g., 'fifth place').

'Five' is spelled with a 'v' and not a 'u' (unlike 'four').

From Old English 'fīf', from Proto-Germanic '*fimf', from Proto-Indo-European '*pémpe'.

The word 'five' is used as both a cardinal number (representing quantity) and an ordinal number (fifth) when indicating position in a sequence.

five

the number 5

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