EGAVE

five

About 169.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 5.
  2. numeral A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
  3. numeral Describing a group or set with five elements.
  4. noun The digit/figure 5.
    He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
  5. noun A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency.
    Can anyone here change a five?
  6. noun Anything measuring five units, as length.
    All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
  7. noun A person who is five years old.
    The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
  8. noun Five o'clock.
    See you at five.

Similar words

fivesome pentad cardinal v quintet quintuplet quint cinque fin phoebe

Often followed by

years hundred minutes or days thousand of to miles

Word family

5 fives

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