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fifth
adj
    1a. In counting: next after fourth;
    1b. In counting: last of five.
    2. In fifth position.
    3a. The fifth day of the month;
      Form: the fifth
    3b. golf.
      The fifth hole.
      Form: the fifth
noun
    1. One of five equal parts. Also as adj.
      Example: a fifth share
    2. A fraction equal to one divided by five (usually written &onefifth; ).
    3. The position in a series corresponding to five in a sequence of numbers.
    4. A person coming fifth, eg in a race or exam.
      Example: He finished a comfortable fifth
    5a. music.
      An interval consisting of 3 whole tones and a semitone; an interval of four diatonic degrees;
    5b. music.
      A note at that interval from another.
adverb
    1. Fifthly.
Derivative: fifthly
adverb
    Used to introduce the fifth point in a list.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fifta.



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