fives
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noun ( used with a singular verb ) British.
a game resembling handball, played on a court having a front wall and two side walls.
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noun
1.
a cardinal number, four plus one.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
4.
a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with five pips.
5.
Informal. a five-dollar bill: Can you give me two fives for a ten?
adjective
Idioms 6.
amounting to five in number.
7.
take five, Informal. to take a brief respite.
Origin:
before 1000; 1925–30 for def 7; Middle English; Old English fīf; cognate with Dutch vijf, German fünf, Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Latin quīnque, Greek pénte, Sanskrit pancha
before 1000; 1925–30 for def 7; Middle English; Old English fīf; cognate with Dutch vijf, German fünf, Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Latin quīnque, Greek pénte, Sanskrit pancha
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five (faɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one |
| 2. | a numeral, 5, V, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | the amount or quantity that is one greater than four |
| 4. | something representing, represented by, or consisting of five units, such as a playing card with five symbols on it |
| —determiner | |
| 5. | a. amounting to five: five minutes; five nights |
| b. (as pronoun): choose any five you like Related: penta-, quinque- | |
| Related: penta-, quinque- | |
| [Old English fīf; related to Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Old High German finf, Latin quinque, Greek pente, Sanskrit pañca] | |
| fives (faɪvz) | |
| —n | |
| (functioning as singular) a ball game similar to squash but played with bats or the hands | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
fives
a ball game played by two or four players in a court enclosed on three or four sides, the hard ball being struck with the hand usually protected by a glove. The derivation of the word fives is doubtful. It may be from an old game called Longue Paume, in which five on a side played, or from allusion to the five fingers of the hand or from the fact that winners formerly had to make five points
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Example sentences
But it turns out the high fives and told-you-sos might be premature.
Skip count by fives to find how many people live on one side of the street.
He ran to the back of the court and leapt toward the stands, offering high fives to an especially boisterous section of the crowd.
Most of the counterfeits that led to these arrests were fives and tens.
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