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Definition of fifth ordinal number from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fifth

ordinal number
 
 
/fɪfθ/
 
/fɪfθ/
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  1. 5th
    • Today is the fifth (of May).
    • the fifth century BC
    • It's her fifth birthday.
    • My office is on the fifth floor.
    • It's the fifth time that I've been to America.
    • Her mother had just given birth to another child, her fifth.
    • the world’s fifth-largest oil exporter
    • He finished fifth in the race.
    • Edward V (= Edward the Fifth)
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