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# fifth

adjective, noun (fifth, 5th; a fifth, fifths)

«fifth» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fifth means number 5 in order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#m1)
2. A fifth is one of 5 equal parts, written 1/5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#m2)
3. Fifth grade (in the USA) is the school year for children about 10 to 11 years old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: a place in order (4 come before), or the fraction 1/5 (divide by 5); 2/5 means two of those parts; school: fifth grade; everyday life: the fifth floor; music: a fifth is a kind of gap between notes

### Examples

- She finished fifth in the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#x1)
- One fifth of 20 is 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#x2)
- He is in fifth grade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#x3)
- Two fifths of the class are boys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#x4)
- We live on the fifth floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#x5)
- Today is the fifth day of camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#x6)
- Cut the cake into fifths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#x7)
- Sleep sweetly, sleep sweetly, it is your three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/#x8)

### Note

As a fraction: divide by 5. As order: 4 come before. Trap: «a fifth of» is a part, not 5. Say the «fth» clearly: fifth.

## In Jewish tradition

maths: a place in order (4 come before), or the fraction 1/5 (divide by 5); 2/5 means two of those parts; school: fifth grade; everyday life: the fifth floor; music: a fifth is a kind of gap between notes

### Examples

- And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. (Torah GEN.1.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x1)
- And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. (Torah GEN.30.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x2)
- On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon: (Torah NUM.7.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x3)
- Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth; (Writings 1CH.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x4)
- Mashmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth; (Writings 1CH.12.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x5)
- Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. (Writings 1CH.8.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x6)

### Note

As a fraction: divide by 5. As order: 4 come before. Trap: «a fifth of» is a part, not 5. Say the «fth» clearly: fifth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fifth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fifth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fifth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fifth.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fifth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fifth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fifth.html) on Mova free.