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Five

Five Meaning & Definition
Five Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Five?

[n] a team that plays basketball
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
[adj] being one more than four

Synonyms | Synonyms for Five: 5 | 5 | basketball team | cardinal | cinque | fin | fivesome | Little Phoebe | pentad | Phoebe | quint | quintet | quintuplet | V | v

Related Terms | Find terms related to Five: cast | company | complement | crew | eight | eleven | first string | first team | nine | platoon | reserves | rowing crew | second string | second team | squad | string | team | third string | varsity

See Also | basketball league | center | digit | figure | forward | guard | squad | team

Five In Webster's Dictionary

\Five\, a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f[=i]f, f[=i]fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f[=i]f, OHG. finf, funf, G. f["u]nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. c['o]ic, L. quinque, Gr. ?, [AE]ol. ?, Skr. pa?can. [root]303. Cf. {Fifth}, {Cinque}, {Pentagon}, {Punch} the drink, {Quinary}.] Four and one added; one more than four. {Five nations} (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.
\Five\ (f[imac]v), n. 1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. --Matt. xxv. 2. 2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.

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