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
Hypernyms
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
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.