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fifteen [number]

The number 15

US /ˌfɪfˈtiːn/ 
UK /ˌfɪfˈtiːn/ 
Example: 

They live about fifteen miles away.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

fifteen

 number
15

>> fifteenth pronoun, adjective, adverb 15th

 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

fifteen

fifteen /ˌfɪfˈtiːn◂/ BrE AmE number, noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: fiftene, from fif 'five' + tien 'ten']
1. the number 15:
a coastal village fifteen miles south of Tourane
They met when she was fifteen (=15 years old).
2. [countable] a team of 15 players in ↑Rugby Union
—fifteenth adjective, pronoun:
in the fifteenth century
her fifteenth birthday
I’m planning to leave on the fifteenth (=the 15th day of the month).

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fifteen

fif·teen [fifteen fifteens]   [ˌfɪfˈtiːn]  ;   [ˌfɪfˈtiːn] 

1. number 15

2. noun a team of Rugby Union players
• He's in the first fifteen.

Derived Word: fifteenth

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

fifteen / ˌfɪfˈtiːn / number

A1 the number 15:

They live about fifteen miles away.

"How old is your sister?" "Fifteen."

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

fifteen

[fɪ̱fti͟ːn]
 
 fifteens

 1) NUM Fifteen is the number 15.
 2) N-COUNT-COLL A rugby-union team can be referred to as a fifteen.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fifteen

 

fif·teen /ˌfɪfˈtiːn/ noun, pl -teens [count] : the number 15
- fifteen adj
fifteen dollars
- fifteen pronoun
• Only fifteen (of them) showed up on time.
- fif·teenth /ˌfɪfˈtiːnɵ/ noun, pl -teenths [count]
• the fifteenth of September
• one fifteenth of the total
- fifteenth adj
• the fifteenth day
- fifteenth adv
• Their boat finished fifteenth.