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Definitions for Fives

[1] a game resembling handball, played on a court having a front wall and two side walls.
[2] a cardinal number, four plus one.
[3] a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.
[4] a set of this many persons or things.
[5] a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with five pips.
[6] Informal . a five-dollar bill: Can you give me two fives for a ten?
[7] amounting to five in number.
[8] (functioning as singular) a ball game similar to squash but played with bats or the hands
[9] the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
[10] a numeral, 5, V, etc, representing this number
[11] the amount or quantity that is one greater than four
[12] something representing, represented by, or consisting of five units, such as a playing card with five symbols on it
[13] amounting to five five minutes ; five nights (as pronoun ) choose any five you like Related prefixes: penta-, quinque-

Words related to Fives

quintuple, cinquefoil, pentangle, pentagram, lustrum, cinque, quinquennium, pentacle, quintuplet, pentagon, limerick, pentad, pentamerous, quinary, quinate, quinquennial, quincunx, quintuplicate

Words nearby Fives

five-year plan, fivefold, fivepenny, fivepins, fiver, fives, fix, fix someone's wagon, fix up, fix-it, fix-up

Origin of Fives

before 1000; 1925–30 for def 7 ; Middle English; Old English fīf; cognate with Dutch vijf, German fünf, Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Latin quīnque, Greek pénte, Sanskrit pancha

Word origin for Fives

Old English fīf ; related to Old Norse fimm , Gothic fimf , Old High German finf , Latin quinque , Greek pente , Sanskrit pañca

Synonyms for Fives

quintuple, pentagonal, pentamerous, quinary, quinate, quinquennial