{
    "term": "five",
    "partOfSpeech": "number",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "5",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are only five cookies left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "five of Sweden’s top financial experts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ten people were invited but only five turned up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have change for five dollars?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a five-month contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look at page five."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Five and four is nine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three fives are fifteen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a five?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bulbs are planted in threes or fives *(= groups of three or five)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We moved to America when I was five *(= five years old)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shall we meet at five *(= at five o'clock)*, then?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the amount of fruit or vegetables that some organizations say you should eat in order to be healthy",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Start your five a day with a banana for breakfast."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hit the inside of somebody’s hand with your hand as a way of saying hello or to celebrate a victory",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Give me five!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the normal working hours in an office",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I work nine to five."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a nine-to-five job"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/faɪv/",
                "audio": "fi/five/five__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/faɪv/",
                "audio": "fi/five/five__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English fīf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijf and German fünf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin quinque and Greek pente."
}