fifth

/fɪft/

#4,266 of the most-used English words

noun

1. The person or thing in the fifth position.
2. One of five equal parts of a whole.
3. The fifth gear of an engine.
4. A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).

Similar: ⅕

verb

1. To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.
2. To divide by 5, equates to multiplying a denominator by 5

adjective

1. The ordinal form of the number five.

Similar: 5th, V, Vth