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Phrases 80
- take the fifthTo decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating.
- fifth gradeThe period in school that comes after fourth grade and before sixth grade.
- taking the Fifthpresent participle and gerund of take the Fifth
- twenty-fifthThe ordinal form of the number twenty-five.
- takes the Fifththird-person singular simple present indicative of take the Fifth: To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating.
- took the Fifthsimple past of take the Fifth
- fifth columnA group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
- taken the Fifthpast participle of take the Fifth: To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating.
- Fifth year
- thirty-fifthThe ordinal form of the number thirty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 35 of a sequence.
- fifth wallThe division between the fictional world depicted, and the actual actors, props, etc.
- fifth wheelA type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multidirectional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.
- one fifthrare spelling of one-fifth
- Fifth RepublicEllipsis of French Fifth Republic (“political regime of France since 1958”).
- Fifth WorldA world in a number of American mythologies:
- fifty-fifthThe ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.
- fifth gearThe fifth of the gears of a transmission; in many motor vehicles built in the 1970s or later, it is the top gear, being the overdrive gear, although in the 21st century some vehicles have transmissions with yet more gears (e.g., 6, 7, 8) …
- perfect fifthAn interval equal to that of between the second and third harmonics of the harmonic series. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans seven semitones or five degrees of the diatonic scale.
- forty-fifthThe ordinal form of the number forty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 45 of a sequence.
- Fifth DayThursday (the fifth day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).
- sixty-fifthThe ordinal form of the number sixty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 65 of a sequence.
- seventy-fifthThe ordinal form of the number seventy-five, describing a person or thing in position number 75 of a sequence.
- eighty-fifthThe ordinal form of the number eighty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 85 of a sequence.
- fifth cousinAny of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-great-grandparent.
- fifth diseaseThe manifestation as rashes of an infection by erythrovirus.
Compound words 2
- fifthhandHaving been relayed by four intermediate sources.
- fifthnessThe quality of being or coming fifth.