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Faɪv I Number Bre Cookies Left Sweden’s Top

Word five
WordType (number)
Phonetic BrE / faɪv / NAmE / faɪv /
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  • there are only five cookies left.
  • five of sweden’s top financial experts
  • ten people were invited but only five turned up.
  • do you have change for five dollars?
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five

(number)BrE / faɪv / NAmE / faɪv /
  1. 5
    • see also high five
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/high-five
    • There are only five cookies left.
    • five of Sweden’s top financial experts
    • Ten people were invited but only five turned up.
    • Do you have change for five dollars?
    • a five-month contract
    • Look at page five.
    • Five and four is nine.
    • Three fives are fifteen.
    • I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a five?
    • The bulbs are planted in threes or fives (= groups of three or five).
    • We moved to America when I was five (= five years old).
    • Shall we meet at five (= at five o'clock), then?
  2. the amount of fruit or vegetables that some organizations say you should eat in order to be healthy
    • Start your five a day with a banana for breakfast.
  3. to hit the inside of somebody’s hand with your hand as a way of saying hello or to celebrate a victory
    • Give me five!
  4. the normal working hours in an office
    • I work nine to five.
    • a nine-to-five job

    Word Origin

    • Old English fīf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijf and German fünf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin quinque and Greek pente.
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