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Fifth (Noun)

Meaning 1

A quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon.

Classification

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.

Meaning 2

One part in five equal parts.

Classification

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.

Synonyms

  • Fifth Part
  • One-fifth
  • Twenty Percent

Hypernyms

  • Common Fraction

Meaning 3

The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

  • The harmony in the song is achieved through a perfect fifth, a fundamental building block of music theory.
  • In music theory, the fifth is an interval spanning seven semitones.
  • She began playing a minor fifth, and her friend harmonized it with a beautiful minor seventh.
  • After three fourths and a third, the composition concluded with a stunning leap to the major fifth.
  • As she moved up the keyboard, her fingers settled into the crisp notes of the fifth.

Hypernyms

  • Musical Interval

Meaning 4

Position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners".

Classification

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.

Related Words

  • Fifth (adjective)
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