Definition of
Five
- (noun, quantity) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- (noun, group) a team that plays basketball
- (noun, artifact) a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
- (adj, all) being one more than four
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Synonyms of Five
5, basketball team, cinque, fin, five-spot, fivesome, little phoebe, pentad, phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, v
Origin of the word Five
- O.E. fif, from P.Gmc. *fimfe (cf. O.S. fif, O.N. fimm, O.H.G. funf, Goth. fimf), from PIE *pengke (cf. Skt. panca, Gk. pente, L. quinque, O.C.S. peti, Lith. penke, O.Welsh pimp). Slang five-finger discount "theft" is from 1966. more
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