fifth position

American  

noun

Ballet.

1. a position similar to the first position, but with one foot in front, the heel and toe of the front foot adjacent to the toe and heel of the back foot.

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Example Sentences

Shaidorov had been satisfied after his fifth position in Tuesday's short programme.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

KILLINGTON, Vt. — New Zealand skier Alice Robinson led a women’s World Cup giant slalom after the tight opening run Saturday, with Mikaela Shiffrin looming in fifth position.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2023

But it slipped to a fifth position this year, partly due to the upcoming court case, the journalist association's Finnish branch said.

From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2022

"We were in fifth position even before the war started, which proves that Europeans like our music," frontman Oleh Psiuk tells Newsbeat.

From BBC • May 8, 2022

Cleopatra has for its fifth letter a P, and in the Cleopatra cartouche in the fifth position is the same square.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan