five /faɪv/ BrE AmE number , noun
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: fif ]
1 . the number 5:
There is also a golf course five miles away.
I’ll be back by five (=five o'clock) .
The family moved to Canada when he was five (=five years old) .
2 . [countable] a piece of paper money that is worth five dollars or five pounds ⇨ fiver :
Do you have two fives for a ten?
3 . give somebody (a) five informal to hit the inside of someone’s hand with your hand to show that you are very pleased about something
4 . take five spoken used to tell people to stop working for a few minutes
5 . fives [uncountable] a British ball game in which the ball is hit with the hand against any of three walls ⇨ handball
⇨ ↑ high five , ↑ nine to five