Collocations for "five"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "five" in context.
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five
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.cardinal
- (wore) the number five
- [section, part, page] five
- [turn to, on] page five
- the five of [spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds]
- there are five in total
- there [are, were] five of [us, them]
- five out of every [10, hundred]
- five in every [10] of (them)
- four or five (of them)
- five or six (of them)
- five plus [one] [equals, is, makes] [six]
- five [minus, take away] [two] [equals] [three]
- five [times, multiplied by] [two] [equals] [10]
- [multiply, times, divide] it by five
- [picked, dealt, played, rolled, scored, put down, threw away] a five
- [need, require] another five
- no [more, fewer] than five
- [sold, planted, packed] in fives
- [children, boys, girls] of five
- the clock struck five
- at the stroke of five
- [half, 20, ten] past five
- it [starts, finishes] at five
- we [met, left, set off] at five
- the [movie, game, lesson] starts at five
- (at) five in the [morning, evening]
- five [A.M., P.M., o'clock]
- there are five [missing, hurt, injured]
- [is in, has made] the top five
- [is, are] down to the final five
- [playing, competing] in the final five
- the [top, best, leading] five
- five of the [best] (players)
- [got, gave me] a high five
- give me five!
- five [dollars, Euros]
- five [times, attempts, occasions]
- five [minutes, hours, months, years]
- five [minutes] [later, after, ago, before]
- [give me, I'll be] five minutes
- took me five [minutes] (to)
- [just, only] five (more, hours, pieces) left
- [there are, divided into] five [pieces, parts, chapters]
- five [senses, fingers, pillars]
- five times [faster, more expensive, longer]
- is five years old
- turned five (years old) (today)
- will [be, turn] five (years old) (tomorrow)
- a five-year-old [child, movie]
- a five-star [rating, review, hotel]
- five new members (have joined)
- on (more) than five separate occasions
- [about, approximately, around, near] five
- do five more [sit ups, push ups]
- [wasted, spent, worth] five thousand dollars
- five of us (are going)
'five' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ID
- London
- abandoned
- abreast
- absence
- absent
- accommodation
- accrual
- administration
- aforementioned
- aggregate
- ago
- ahead
- airborne
- album
- allotment
- allowance
- altogether
- ambush
- annex
- another
- anytime
- appendix
- applicable
- apprentice
- approximately
- assist
- assorted
- author
- average
- axle
- backup
- bar
- battery
- below
- billion
- birth
- blade
- blender
- bomb
- bookcase
- break
- broad
- building
- bus
- button
- capacity
- card
- chalk
- checkout