Meaning & use
5
The whole number equal to four plus one, written as 5 or "five."
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She has five siblings, including two older brothers and a younger sister.
The recipe calls for 5 cups of flour and a pinch of salt.
A note on using this word
As an ordinal, "5" corresponds to "fifth," and in Roman numerals it is written as V.
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