I.fifth1 /fɪfθ/ BrE AmE adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: fifta, from fif 'five'] 1. coming after four other things in a series:
in the fifth century
her fifth birthday 2. fifth wheel American English informal someone who is not wanted in a particular group of people:
They’d made her feel like a fifth wheel. —fifth pronoun:
I’m planning to leave on the fifth (=the fifth day of the month). —fifthly adverb
ordinal number
5th • Today is the fifth (of May). • the fifth century BC • It's her fifth birthday. • My office is on the fifth floor. • It's the fifth time that I've been to America. • Her mother had just given birth to another child, her fifth. • the world's fifth-largest oil exporter • He finished fifth in the race. • Edward V (= Edward the Fifth)
Idiom: take the fifth
noun
each of five equal parts of sth • She cut the cake into fifths.
[fɪ̱fθ] ♦♦ fifths
1) ORD The fifth item in a series is the one that you count as number five. Joe has recently returned from his fifth trip to Australia.
2) FRACTION A fifth is one of five equal parts of something. India spends over a fifth of its budget on defence.
2fifth adj : occupying the number five position in a series • the fifth dancer in the line • the fifth annual awards banquet
- fifthadv • the nation's fifth largest city • She finished fifth in the race.
