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five

  [fahyv]
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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
6. amounting to five in number.
—Idiom
7. take five, Informal. to take a brief respite.
Origin:
bef. 1000; 1925–30 for def. 7; ME; OE fīf; c. D vijf, G fünf, ON fimm, Goth fimf, L quīnque, Gk pénte, Skt pancha
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five   (fīv)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 4 + 1.

  2. The fifth in a set or sequence.

  3. Something, such as a quintet or a basketball team, that has five parts, units, or members.

  4. A five-dollar bill.

  5. fives (used with a sing. verb) Sports One of several forms of handball originating in England and played mainly at British schools and universities, in which only the receiving side can score points.


[Middle English, from Old English fīf; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
five adj. & pron.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

five

see take five.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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