fifth
adjective
next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five.
fifths
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pluralof fifth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At meets, Mara racked up prize ribbons: lots of third-places, fourths, fifths, and sixths, the occasional second, the very rare first.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
Caucus members account for three fifths of the lower house and half of the senate seats.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2023
The song has easy rhythms, said Glass, but it’s more challenging to sing because of the wider vocal range and the way the melody line leaps by fifths and octaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
By 1725 more than 300 people had been accused of witchcraft in New England, nearly four fifths of whom were women.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
But the string is also vibrating in halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, and so on, producing harmonics.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
