fifth (n.)

  1. a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

  2. position five in a countable series of things; he was fifth out of several hundred runners'

  3. one part in five equal parts

    [ Syn: one-fifth , fifth part , twenty percent ]

  4. the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

    fifth (adj.)

  1. coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

    [ Syn: 5th ]

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