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- pronunciation:
- fIfth
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
coming next after the fourth in a series.
My locker is the fifth one down from the library door.
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one of five equal parts of a whole; 1/5.
Each month I pay off a fifth of the money I owe. |
| definition 2: |
the number, person, or thing that comes next after the fourth in a series.
She was the fifth to join the writing club. |
The word fifth
contains the following part:
-th1, -eth
Old English
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means in the position in a series indicated by the base number;
  More about this word part:
This suffix attaches to numbers to form ordinal numbers, such as "fourth
" from "four." The spelling -eth
is used when the base ends in y, as in "twentieth
" from "twenty."
Example words:
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, thirtieth, fortieth, fiftieth, hundredth
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