five

«five» in Mova's school dictionary: the number 5, one more than four — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

number (five, fives); noun (a five)

meaning for a pupil

1) Five is the number 5, one more than four. tree →

2) A five is the digit 5, or a five-dollar or five-pound note. tree →

3) «High five» means slapping hands together to say well done. tree →

sense in the lessons

an amount of things; in maths counting in fives (5, 10, 15, 20), the five times table, a hand has 5 fingers; in everyday life «five o'clock», «give me five»

examples

• Student: two apples and five pears tree →
• Five friends share 20 grapes. tree →
• Leo has five boxes of 3 pens. tree →
• A hand has 5 fingers. tree →
• Count in fives: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. tree →
• School finishes at five past three. tree →
• Ben is five years old. tree →
• Give me a high five! tree →
• Here, take these five gold pieces. tree →

note

A number word: read it as the digit 5. A hand has 5 fingers; a five-sided shape is a pentagon. Order word «fifth» (5th), not «fiveth». Trap: it may be the number of groups, not the number of things.

In the corpora

• A year later the rematch is a draw, and they high-five over the board.

Trees and pragmatics

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