fifteen

[ fif-teen ]

/ ˈfɪfˈtin /

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noun

a cardinal number, ten plus five.

a symbol for this number, as 15 or XV.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 15 in number.

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Origin of fifteen

before 900; Middle English, Old English fiftene.See five, -teen

Words nearby fifteen

FIFA, fife, fife rail, fifi hook, FIFO, fifteen, Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest — / Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!, fifteenth, Fifteenth Amendment, fifth, Fifth Amendment

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How to use fifteen in a sentence

Bob Cratchit, the clerk who is the father of Tiny Tim and who meekly serves Scrooge, is paid fifteen shillings a week.
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Fifteen people were killed, more than 200 were injured, and more than 300 families lost their homes.
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It took me fifteen minutes to fill a thick black Hefty bag with papers and computer parts.
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Fifteen years later, the same communities had returned for the annual celebration, as most had year after year.
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Fifteen years after its last execution, Pennsylvania is finding it difficult to fire up its death machine again.
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General Santa Anna is within a mile of us with fifteen hundred men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
At twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
At this period it brought enormous prices, the finest selling at from fifteen to eighteen shillings per pound.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In these rooms male and female alike were confined, at one time to the number of fifteen; each being allowed 3d.
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The office of clerk of the court is about to be sold, having been placed at fifteen hundred pesos.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

British Dictionary definitions for fifteen (1 of 2)

fifteen

/ (ˈfɪfˈtiːn) /

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and five

a numeral, 15, XV, etc, representing this number

something represented by, representing, or consisting of 15 units

a rugby union football team

determiner

amounting to fifteenfifteen jokes
(as pronoun)fifteen of us danced

Word Origin for fifteen

Old English fīftēne

British Dictionary definitions for fifteen (2 of 2)

Fifteen

/ (ˈfɪfˈtiːn) /

noun

the Fifteen British history the Jacobite rising of 1715

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