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Fifth
fifth
(fifths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The fifth item in a series is the one that you count as number five. Joe has recently returned from his fifth trip to Australia. ORD 2. A fifth is one of five equal parts of something. India spends over a fifth of its budget on defence. FRACTION
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1.
noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English fifte, ~e, from Old English fifta, from fif five Date: before 12th century 1. — see number table 2. a. the musical interval embracing five diatonic degrees b. a tone at this interval; specifically dominant 1 c. the harmonic combination of two tones at this interval 3. a unit of measure for liquor equal to one ~ of a United States gallon (0.757 liter) 4. capitalized the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution; also the right accorded by the Fifth Amendment to refuse to testify against oneself — usually used in the phrase take the Fifth • ~ adjective or adverb • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. & adj. --n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 5 in the sequence 1-5. 2 something occupying this position. 3 the fifth person etc. in a race or competition. 4 any of five equal parts of a thing. 5 Mus. a an interval or chord spanning five consecutive notes in the diatonic scale (e.g. C to G). b a note separated from another by this interval. 6 US colloq. a a fifth of a gallon of liquor. b a bottle containing this. --adj. that is the fifth. Phrases and idioms fifth column a group working for an enemy within a country at war etc. (from General Mola's reference to such support in besieged Madrid in 1936). fifth-columnist a member of a fifth column; a traitor or spy. Fifth Monarchy the last of the five great kingdoms predicted in Daniel 2:44. Fifth-monarchy-man hist. a 17th-c. zealot expecting the immediate second coming of Christ and repudiating all other government. fifth part = sense 3 of n. fifth wheel 1 an extra wheel of a coach. 2 a superfluous person or thing. 3 a horizontal turntable over the front axle of a carriage as an extra support to prevent its tipping. take the fifth (in the US) exercise the right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of refusing to answer questions in order to avoid incriminating oneself. Derivatives fifthly adv. Etymology: earlier and dial. fift f. OE fifta f. Gmc, assim. to FOURTH ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
транс. опорно-сцепной, пятый fifth power law — закон пятой степени, закон Аррениуса - fifth wheel ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
4.
1. (the fifth) пятое (число) on the fifth of May —- пятого мая 2. пятый (человек) you are the fifth to ask me about it —- ты пятый, кто меня об этом спрашивает 3. муз. квинта 4. товар пятого сорта 5. пятая часть; (одна) пятая two fifths —- две пятых 6. бутылка (спиртного; около 0,9 литра, одна пятая галлона) 7. пятый (по счету) he is in his fifth year —- ему пятый год Henry the F. —- Генрих V the fifthwheel —- авт. опорный круг полуприцепа; пятое колесо (при дорожных испытаниях) 8. составляющий одну пятую 9. пятый (из следующих друг за другом) fifth form —- пятый класс (в школе) he is doing it for the fifth time —- он делает это в пятый раз 10. в грам. знач. нареч. пятым he arrived fifth —- он прибыл пятым Id: the fifth wheel (of a coach) —- пятое колесо в телеге; что-л. лишнее; пятая спица в колеснице Id: fifth column —- полит. пятая колонна ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
1. num. ord. пятый fifth part - пятая часть - fifth column - fifth wheel 2. noun 1) пятая часть 2) (the fifth) пятое число 3) 1/4 галлона (единица измерения спиртных напитков) 4) mus. квинта FIFTH wheel пятая спица в колеснице FIFTH column пятая колонна, предатели внутри страны или организации ...Англо-русский словарь
6.
~ n 1 one of five equal parts of something 2 AmE an amount of alcohol equal to 1/5 of an American gallon (2), sold in bottles (a fifth of bourbon) 3 fifth wheel AmE someone who is with you when you do not want them to be there (She said she didn't want to be the fifth wheel.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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8.
- O.E. fifta, from fif "five." Fifth column is 1936, from Gen. Emilio Mola's comment during the siege of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, that he would take the city with his "fifth column" (quinta columna) in the city as well as his four columns of troops outside it. Fifth wheel "superfluous person or thing" first attested 1902. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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