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take the fifth

take the fifth
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [teyk stressed th ee fifth or, often, fith]
    • /teɪk stressed ði fɪfθ or, often, fɪθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [teyk stressed th ee fifth or, often, fith]
    • /teɪk stressed ði fɪfθ or, often, fɪθ/

Definitions of take the fifth words

  • adjective take the fifth next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five. 1
  • adjective take the fifth being one of five equal parts. 1
  • adjective take the fifth Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of fourth gear for a given engine crankshaft speed: fifth gear. 1
  • adverb take the fifth in the fifth place; fifthly. 1
  • noun take the fifth a fifth part, especially of one (1/5). 1
  • noun take the fifth the fifth member of a series. 1
See all 11 definitions of take the fifth

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Origin of take the fifth

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; earlier fift, Middle English fifte, Old English fīfta; -th by analogy with fourth, etc.

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Parts of speech for Take the fifth

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Take the fifth

take the fifth popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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