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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General Santa Anna is within a mile of us with fifteen hundred men.
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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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