num
five
FYV
num
1
The number after four and before six; 5.
"She has five brothers."
"The bus leaves at five o'clock."
noun
1
A banknote worth five units of a currency.
"He paid with a crumpled five."
How to Use Five
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe number 5, or informally, a five-dollar/five-pound note.
Common pairings
a group of five
high five
give me five
Word Forms
fives plural
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Etymology
From Old English fif, from a very old Germanic root going all the way back to the Proto-Indo-European word for "five."