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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The study found such collisions killed between 15% and 29% of a group each year, and was the main cause of recorded hedgehog deaths, amounting to about two fifths of the total.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
I’m going for fourths or maybe it’s fifths when I hear the knock.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
