FIFTEEN


Meaning of FIFTEEN in English

/fif"teen"/ , n.

1. a cardinal number, ten plus five.

2. a symbol for this number, as 15 or XV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj.

4. amounting to 15 in number.

[ bef. 900; ME, OE fiftene. See FIVE, -TEEN ]

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