five
number (five, fives); noun (a five)
Everyday
- Five is the number 5, one more than four. tree →
- A five is the digit 5, or a five-dollar or five-pound note. tree →
- «High five» means slapping hands together to say well done. tree →
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 Jewish tradition
Interpretation: Five is the number of the books of the Torah, and the Hebrew letter heh stands for five. Sefer Yetzirah links five with the five vowels or the five positions of the letters in the mouth. In the primary 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
- and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, (Torah NUM.31.45, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared. (Torah GEN.5.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah. (Torah GEN.5.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- All the sons of Judah were five. (Writings 1CH.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. (Writings EZR.2.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. (Writings NEH.7.25, JPS 1917) 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.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «five» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «five» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «five» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «five» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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