five Definition

five
noun

1a. The cardinal number 5;
1b. The quantity that this represents, being one more than four.
2. Any symbol for this number, eg 5 or V.
3. The age of five.
4. Something, especially a garment, or a person, whose size is denoted by the number 5.
5. The fifth hour after midnight or midday.

Example: The meeting starts at five
Example: 5 o'clock
Example: 5am
6. A set or group of five people or things.
7. A playing-card with 5 pips.

Example: He had a run of fives
8. A score of five points.

adj

1. Totalling five.
2. Aged five.

Idiom: bunch of fives

slang
The fist.

Idiom: gimme five

slang
A greeting or a congratulation where two people slap their right palms together in the air.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fif.