five
gb/fˈaɪv/ us/fˈaɪv/
A1
English
~ 800
öt, ötös, kvintett, ötfős csoport
NOUN
A1
1
öt
A1
Usage pattern:
[number] [countable noun]
She has five apples in her basket.
Öt alma van a kosarában.
The meeting will start in five minutes.
A megbeszélés öt perc múlva kezdődik.
Five students won awards this year.
He is five years old.
The bus arrives at five o’clock.
Learner examples
I have five books.
Öt könyvem van.
We will meet in five minutes.
Öt perc múlva találkozunk.
There are five cats in the room.
My brother is five years old.
The clock shows five.
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'five' with 'fifth', which is the ordinal form meaning position number five.
Meaning
The number 5
Collocations
five years
|five minutes
|five people
|five times
Synonyms
5 (Numerical digit representing the same quantity in symbolic form.)
Antonyms
four (Represents one less than five.)
Themes
mathematics
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
The number that comes after four and before six.
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
NOUN
B1
2
Usage pattern:
a [noun] of five
The basketball team’s starting five played well.
A kosárlabdacsapat kezdő ötöse jól játszott.
We formed a group of five for the project.
Ötfős csoportot alakítottunk a projekthez.
The big five animals are popular with safari tourists.
Only five came to the meeting.
The band performed as a five.
Learner examples
Our class made a team of five.
Az osztályunk ötfős csapatot alakított.
There are five in my family.
Ötfős a családom.
We saw five lions together.
The basketball team has a strong starting five.
They work as a group of five.
Common mistake:
Learners may confuse this with the numeral meaning, not realizing it refers to a collective group.
Meaning
A set of five items or people
Collocations
starting five
|group of five
|big five
Synonyms
quintet (More formal or musical term for a group of five.)
Antonyms
four (A group with one fewer member than a group of five.)
Themes
sports
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
A group that has five people or things in it.
A group consisting of exactly five people or things, often used in sports or informal contexts.
Grammar
Dictionary form
five
IPA
GB/fˈaɪv/
US/fˈaɪv/
Syllables & stress
five (1 syllable)
Stress on 1st syllable (five)
Word forms
Noun
- Base: five
- Plural: fives
Word family
Expressions
give me five
1/ɡˈɪv mˈi fˈaɪv/
fixed phrase
informal
Request for a high-five gesture
You say this when you want someone to slap your hand in greeting or celebration.
Examples
- After scoring the goal, he shouted, 'Give me five!' to his teammate.
- She laughed and said, 'Give me five!' when we finished the project.
high five
1/hˈaɪ fˈaɪv/
fixed phrase
Celebratory hand slap gesture
When two people raise a hand each and hit them together to show happiness or greeting.
Examples
- They exchanged a high five after winning the match.
- She gave him a high five when he solved the problem.
take five
1/tˈeɪk fˈaɪv/
idiom
informal
Take a short rest break
To stop working for a short time, usually around five minutes.
Examples
- Let's take five before we continue with the meeting.
- They decided to take five after two hours of rehearsal.