fifth

«fifth» in Mova's school dictionary: number 5 in order — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective, noun (fifth, 5th; a fifth, fifths)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fifth means number 5 in order. tree →

2) A fifth is one of 5 equal parts, written 1/5. tree →

3) Fifth grade (in the USA) is the school year for children about 10 to 11 years old. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a place in order (4 come before), or the fraction 1/5 (divide by 5); 2/5 means two of those parts; school: fifth grade; everyday life: the fifth floor; music: a fifth is a kind of gap between notes

examples

• She finished fifth in the race. tree →
• One fifth of 20 is 4. tree →
• He is in fifth grade. tree →
• Two fifths of the class are boys. tree →
• We live on the fifth floor. tree →
• Today is the fifth day of camp. tree →
• Cut the cake into fifths. tree →
• Sleep sweetly, sleep sweetly, it is your three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth night. tree →

note

As a fraction: divide by 5. As order: 4 come before. Trap: «a fifth of» is a part, not 5. Say the «fth» clearly: fifth.

In the corpora

• The Amazon carries about a fifth of all the river water that flows into the world's seas.
• A spider monkey's tail grips a branch like a fifth hand, with ridged bare skin on the tip like a fingerprint.
• Babies spend about half their sleep in REM, grown-ups only about a fifth.
• Only about one fifth of the air is oxygen; most of the rest is nitrogen, which we breathe in and out unchanged.
• A real result, like fifth place, is worth more than a fake first.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fifth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.