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PRONUNCIATION OF FIVE-BY-FIVE

five-by-five  [ˈfaɪvbaɪˈfaɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIVE-BY-FIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Five-By-Five is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FIVE-BY-FIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of five-by-five in the English dictionary

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WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FIVE-BY-FIVE


alive
əˈlaɪv
archive
ˈɑːkaɪv
arrive
əˈraɪv
Clive
klaɪv
derive
dɪˈraɪv
dive
daɪv
drive
draɪv
five
faɪv
hive
haɪv
I´ve
aɪv
jive
dʒaɪv
nine-to-five
ˈnaɪntəˈfaɪv
overdrive
ˈəʊvəˌdraɪv
revive
rɪˈvaɪv
rive
raɪv
spoilfive
ˈspɔɪlˌfaɪv
strive
straɪv
survive
səˈvaɪv
thrive
θraɪv
uranium-235
jʊˈreɪnɪəm ˌtuːˌθriːˈfaɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIVE-BY-FIVE

five stones
Five Towns
five wits
five-a-day
five-a-side
five-a-side football
five-and-dime
five-day week
five-door
five-eighth
five-faced bishop
five-finger
five-o´clock shadow
five-pin bowling
five-spot
five-star
five-star hotel
five-star restaurant
five-year

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIVE-BY-FIVE

active
alternative
automotive
competitive
comprehensive
cooperative
creative
effective
exclusive
executive
expensive
extensive
five by five
forty-five
give a person five
high five
high-five
nine to five
take five
tight five

Synonyms and antonyms of five-by-five in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «five-by-five» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIVE-BY-FIVE

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The translations of five-by-five from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «five-by-five» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

五由五
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de cinco por cinco
570 millions of speakers

English

five-by-five
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पांच से पांच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خمس سنوات من قبل خمسة و
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пять - на - пять
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cinco por cinco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাচেঁ পাচঁ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cinq - par - cinq
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lima hingga lima
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fünf-mal - fünf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

五×5
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다섯 별 다섯
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lima-lima
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

năm theo năm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஐந்து மூலம் ஐந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाच-पाच-पाच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beş ile beş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cinque da cinque
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pięć po pięciu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

п´ять- на - п´ять
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cinci de cinci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πέντε - με - πέντε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vyf-en- by- vyf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fem - genom - fem
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fem- til- fem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of five-by-five

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIVE-BY-FIVE»

The term «five-by-five» is regularly used and occupies the 78.618 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIVE-BY-FIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about five-by-five

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIVE-BY-FIVE»

Discover the use of five-by-five in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to five-by-five and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide 2008
If in 2007 the corpus of the trust is $240,000, each child could forgo the exercise of the yearly power without incurring a gift tax liability, since the amount deemed lapsed would qualify under the "five by five" provision of the Code ($240,000 x ...
CCH Tax Law Editors, 2007
2
Slayer Slang : A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon: A Buffy ...
... for Ionothan and Andrew. Bulfy and the others try to stop her. Big fighty fight in the Magic Box." [fight vi in sense 1.a + -y' sufi in sense 1] five-by-five 1: adj Satisfied, good 1998 Oct 13 Greenwalt Faith, Hope, and Trick “Hey, as long as you ...
Michael Adams Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English Albright College, 2003
3
Sexual Rhetoric in the Works of Joss Whedon: New Essays
Faith is the only character on Buffy to use the phrase “five by five.” “Five by five” is originally a radio communication signal that means “I understand you perfectly.”4 Right after the body swap, Faith-as-Buffy signals to the audience/viewer that ...
Erin B. Waggoner, 2010
4
Ten to Midnight
Shelley stretched over the table, between Lewis and Copeland, to activate the speakerphone. “NIGHT LIGHT is five by five,” he reported. Lowering his voice, he explained to the President, “NIGHT LIGHT is our designation.” “Good to hear you,  ...
Toby Murray, 2000
5
Ten to Midnight
The President waved a dismissive hand. “Okay, General. Let's proceed with the conference, shall we?” “Of course, sir.” Shelley reached between Lewis and Copeland to activate the speakerphone. “NIGHT LIGHT is five by five,” he reported.
Toby Emden, 2009
6
The Book of Yantras
I sincerely request the reader to take a blank page and make a five-by-five grid and try to make a magic square exactly as shown above without referring to the procedure that I have explained. If you get blank at any point of time, you may refer ...
SWAMI RAM CHARRAN
7
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume ...
A leather rug and a leather [piece for] the crib, and the leather used as the lower covering of a bed, and the leather of the mattress and the leather of the pillow, even though not five-by-five [handbreadths] — it is unclean. T. Kelim Baba Batra  ...
Jacob Neusner, 2000
8
The Excavations at Ancient Halieis: The houses : the ...
7, 10, 13, 15, and 19), the second a redrawn schematic of the actual- state plan showing the outline of walls and other significant built features.30 (Both plans are overlaid by the five-by-five-meter grid used in excavation. Using the notebook for  ...
Marian Holland McAllister, Bradley Allen Ault, 2005
9
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A policeman: Cockneys': 1886~ca. 1915. Ware, 'The force being chiefly recruited from the agricultural class'. five-beater, —rnaster, -rater. These are nautical coll. of obvious meaning, all three referring to ships: from ca. 1887. OED. five by five; ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
10
The Ghouls Come Haunting One by One
Platt, Richard. The ghouls come haunting five by five, Oh nooo! Oh nooo! The ghouls come haunting five by five, Oh nooo! Oh nooo! The ghouls come haunting five by five; Your pet cat yowls and darts outside. And they all come haunting out  ...
Platt, Richard

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIVE-BY-FIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term five-by-five is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Lives of American Communists After Communism
I swear to God, there was one woman there who was a little five-by-five but strong as an ox, and every time I'd find myself in the wrong place, ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
2
BBC shows off design of new Micro:bit computer for schools
It will feature an ARM Coreex M-0 processor, five I/O rings, two buttons for interactivity, a five-by-five red LED matrix, a Bluetooth 4.0 LTE ... «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
3
Bleacher Report's Early-July Fantasy Baseball Trade-Value Chart
The scale is graded for a rotisserie mixed league with the standard five-by-five categories for hitters (BA, R, HR, RBI, SB) and pitchers (W, ERA, ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
4
Card Game Review: Scrambled Eggs by Arkadiusz Greniuk
The game is set up as a five-by-five grid with most of the cards laid face-down. Players take turns of three actions, choosing to flip cards, draw, ... «Blogcritics, Jul 15»
5
'The Ghosts of 1937 Are Warning Us'
He was standing over a five-by-five-foot concrete slab, plastered over a patch of dirt and surrounded on either side by the mini-mausoleums ... «The Nation., Jun 15»
6
Gentilly mom charged in teen's stabbing death gets another bond …
Assistant District Attorney Jason Napoli didn't hide his displeasure with the request. "I would rather see her in a five-by-five box," Napoli argued. «NOLA.com, Jun 15»
7
Early-learning specialists help prep kids for kindergarten
... involved with early-childhood initiatives in the area previously, such as the Beyond Housing 24:1 Initiative and its Five-by-Five committee on ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»
8
History of the No. 25 Overall Draft Pick
Batum is also part of the “five-by-five” club, which is exclusive to only eight players since the 1985-86 season. Batum accomplished the feat by ... «Grizzlies.com, Jun 15»
9
With the fall of Tel Abyad, the tide begins to turn on Islamic State
They don't have much—a five-by-five-metre patch of concrete, and the meagre belongings they managed to carry with them during their hasty ... «Macleans.ca, Jun 15»
10
On the front lines of early learning
... involved with early-childhood initiatives in the area previously, such as the Beyond Housing 24:1 Initiative and its Five-by-Five committee on ... «STLtoday.com, Jun 15»

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