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fifth 1. a. one of five equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc. b. (as modifier): a fifth part 2. the fraction equal to one divided by five (1/5) 3. Music a. the interval between one note and another five notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale b. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other 4. an additional high gear fitted to some motor vehicles
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The Dragon-boat Festival, held on the fifth day of the fifth moon, was founded in his honour. answered the peasant: 'but he only says four things, and the fifth he keeps to himself. Consider what a fifth part of the reading-matter of an American daily paper issued in a city of one hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants amounts to |
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