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FIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("five" is a kind of...):
dice; die (a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers)
domino (a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots)
spot (a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A team that plays basketball
Synonyms:
basketball team; five
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("five" is a kind of...):
squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))
Meronyms (members of "five"):
forward (a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team)
center (a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game)
guard (a position on a basketball team)
Holonyms ("five" is a member of...):
basketball league (a league of basketball teams)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Synonyms:
5; cinque; fin; five; fivesome; Little Phoebe; pentad; Phoebe; quint; quintet; quintuplet; V
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("five" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being one more than four
Synonyms:
5; five; v
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
Cumulative incidence of liver cancer in the group treated with aspirin therapy was significantly lower than that in the untreated group in five years.
(An Aspirin A Day Keep Liver Cancer Away, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
See! there are five of us when those absent ones return.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
That will happen on or just a few days after the appearance of the full moon in Leo on February 8-9, plus or minus five days.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
His height was probably five feet ten inches, or ten and a half; but my first impression, or feel of the man, was not of this, but of his strength.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
There were five long arms growing out of its body, and it also had five long, slim legs.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
People who achieve weight loss of 10% or more in the first five years following diagnosis with type 2 diabetes have the greatest chance of seeing their disease go into remission.
(Type 2 diabetes remission possible with ‘achievable’ weight loss, University of Cambridge)
From the side of the plateau on which we were, slopes of woodland, with occasional glades, stretched down for five or six miles to the central lake.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They come out to feed about every five to ten days.
(Bedbugs, Environmental Protection Agency)
Using the catheter, radioactive seeds are put into the balloon twice a day for five days and removed each time.
(Balloon Brachytherapy, NCI Dictionary)
Roderigo produced a rope ladder, with five steps to it, threw up one end, and invited Zara to descend.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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