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As a numeral five

is (cardinal) a numerical value equal to ; the number following four and preceding six this many dots (•••••).

As a noun five

is the digit/figure 5.

As an adverb sometimes is

on certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.

As an adjective sometimes is

(obsolete) former; sometime.

five

English

(wikipedia five)

Alternative forms

* Arabic numerals: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numerals: V

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots (•••••)

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit/figure 5.
    • He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
  • (US) A five-dollar bill.
    • Can anyone here change a five ?
  • Anything measuring five units, as length.
    • All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
  • A person who is five years old.
    • The fives and sixes will have snack first, then the older kids.
  • five o'clock
    • See you at five .
  • A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
    • Take five , soldier.

    Derived terms

    * five and dime * five-and-twenty * five-bar gate * five-card stud * five-finger exercise * five-line whip * five o'clock * high five * low five * take five * gimme five * slap me five

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    sometimes

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
  • * (Jeremy Taylor)
    • It is good that we sometimes be contradicted.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
  • (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • That fair and warlike form / In which the majesty of buried Denmark / Did sometimes march.
  • * :
    • For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
  • *, II.3.7:
    • they detract, scoffe, and raile (saith one), and bark at me on every side; but I, like that Albanian dog sometimes given to Alexander for a present, vindico me ab illis solo contemptu ; I lie still, and sleep, vindicate myself by contempt alone.

    Synonyms

    * at one time or another * at times * every so often * from time to time * occasionally * once in a while

    See also

    * sometime

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) former; sometime
    • Thy sometimes brother's wife. — Shakespeare.

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