fifth

  1. Proper noun.  (chiefly, US) The Fifth Amendment.
  2. Proper noun.  (chiefly, US) The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.
  3. Proper noun.  (chiefly, US) Fifth Avenue.
  4. Proper noun.  (chiefly, US) Fifth Street.
  5. Adjective.  The ordinal form of the number five.
  6. Noun.  The person or thing in the fifth position.
  7. Noun.  One of five equal parts of a whole.
  8. Noun.  The fifth gear of an engine.
  9. Noun.  A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters.
  10. Noun.  The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.
  11. Noun.  The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

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