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Number (cardinal)
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fives, plural;
  1. Equivalent to the sum of two and three; one more than four, or half of ten; 5
    • - a circlet of five petals
    • - five of Sweden's top financial experts
  2. A group or unit of five people or things
    • - the bulbs are planted in threes or fives
  3. Five years old
    • - he moved with his family to a fish farm when he was five
  4. Five o'clock
    • - at half past five
  5. A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by five

  6. A playing card or domino with five spots or pips

  7. A five-dollar bill
    • - Joe counted his money: six fives and three twenties
  1. being one more than four
  2. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  3. basketball team: a team that plays basketball
  4. five-spot: a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
  5. (fives) a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
  6. Five is a 1951 post-apocalyptic science fiction film produced, directed and written by Arch Oboler. The title refers to the number of survivors of an atomic bomb disaster that wipes out the rest of the human race. ...
  7. Five Dedicated to Ozu (Panj, Five) is a 2003 Iranian documentary film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The film consists of five long shots, averaging about 16 minutes each. All shots were taken in Gijón, Asturias, Spain , and four of the five utilize a completely fixed camera. ...
  8. Five is a ballet made by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux for New York City Ballet's American Music Festival to eponymous music by Charles Wuorinen commissioned for the occasion. The premiere took place on April 28, 1988, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
  9. Five (also known as 5ive) were an English boyband put together in 1997 by the same team that formed the Spice Girls. The five members were Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, J Brown, Abz Love and Sean Conlon. ...
  10. FIVE is the curiously titled fourth studio album by the experimental/psychedelic rock band Circus Devils. Released in 2005, FIVE is considered among the band's least accessible albums due to the fragmented moods and styles and the experimental nature of the music. ...
  11. Five is the fifth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas and the second to feature his string group (following Parallel Worlds (1993)). It was released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1996 and features performances by Douglas, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Drew Gress and Michael Sarin.
  12. The digit/figure 5; A five-dollar bill; Anything measuring five units, as length; A person who is five years old; five o'clock; A short rest, especially one of five minutes
  13. (fiveness) The property of being five in number
  14. (Five S) Five terms utilized to create a workplace suited for visual control and lean production. Sort means to separate needed tools, parts, and instruction from unneeded materials and to remove the latter. Simplify means to neatly arrange and identify parts and tools for ease of use. ...
  15. (Fives) in the dart game of cricket, this term refers to the 15's.
  16. (Fives) (1962) revolves around the number five and is scored for two ensembles of five percussion instruments each, two pianists using five fingers each, and five string players. The pitches and rhythms are indeterminate in specified ranges and combinations. ...
  17. (Fives) A game in which a ball is struck by the hand at the front wall of a three-sided court. Boys learned this at Eton. During the Regency there was a Fives' Court on St. Martin's Street, Leicester Fields as well as at Oxford and Cambridge. ...
  18. (Fives) A £5 draw of cannabis
  19. (Fives) Five cards of the same value – this hand is only possible if wild cards are used.
  20. (Fives) Slang for the 15s in cricket
  21. (fives) (n) an exclamation to lay claim to a seat when you are leaving for a few minutes, presumably five minutes. Synonyms: be right back, brb. Freq: common. Fives! (or I call fives) I’m just going to the bathroom.
  22. (fives) laying claim to an empty chair or space for at least five minutes
  23. Short for a five-dollar gold coin or half eagle.
  24. The number of national championships that Laker Hockey has won. Lake State won the 1972 and 1974 NAIA crowns, and has captured NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Championships in 1988, 1992 and 1994.
  25. Because of its being one half of the perfect number (ten), five held the attention and study of all followers of the Pythagorean system of numerals. As we are now in the fifth root-race, the fifth principle (manas) takes an especially prominent position in human evolution. ...