fifth

1. fifth (adj) — sense 1

Definition: The ordinal form of the number five.

Example: On Friday, at a former Michelin factory in the north-east of the city, the finishing touches were being put in place for the fifth Dundee design festival, which opens on Monday.

2. fifth (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The person or thing in the fifth position.

3. fifth (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The person or thing in the fifth position.: The fifth gear of a transmission.

4. fifth (noun) — sense 4

Definition: One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.

5. fifth (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

Example: Another extension of strict organum is 'fifthing'. Fifthing is a note-against- note method of creating a two-part texture by improvising a second voice over the given tune, starting and ending each musical phrase at the octave and proceeding mainly in fifths above the tune at others times.

6. fifth (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.

Example: A lisping young “Soundings,” or master’s assistant, sung out “I thecond the mothon,” instantly transferring his beer to our hero’s face. In short the resolution was thirded, fourthed, fifthed, and sixthed, all following suit with the swipes:[…]

7. fifth (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To divide by five.

Example: 3/5 has been through fifthing. 2/3 has been through thirding. Therefore, 3/5 now needs thirding and 2/3 needs fifthing