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Definition of five number from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

five

 number
number
NAmE//faɪv//
 
 
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  • 5 There are only five cookies left. five of the country'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 times five is fifteen. I can't read your writing—is this supposed 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? see high five
    • Idioms
    give somebody five (informal)
     
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    to hit the inside of someone's hand with your hand as a way of saying hello or to celebrate a victory Give me five!
    nine to five
     
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    the normal working hours in an office I work nine to five. a nine-to-five job
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