Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • By fives; with five.

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  • noun A group of five persons or things.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  • noun five people considered as a unit

Etymologies

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five +‎ -some

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Examples

  • And since the fivesome is locked into two more seasons with FX, fans can expect the cast to continue to tackle the big issues — in increasingly perverse ways (Remember “The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation”?).

    'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia': The cast tells their story | EW.com 2009

  • It's a ordinary famous fact that a connatural assign investigating crapper modify your underway assign think by as such as fivesome points.

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  • But it was a frisky fivesome, and everyone had his dig.

    Kevin Pauwels wins 2011 GVA Trofee-Lille 2011

  • Does it feel like it's [the band's three remaining members] as the core of the group with two extra players, or does it feel like it's a true fivesome?

    Be specific: Interpol's Daniel Kessler on life after Carlos D. Allison Stewart 2010

  • Paul Hewitt's fivesome even seemed ready for Clemson's quirky out-of-bounds play at the end that quickly unraveled.

    Ranked foes? Bring 'em on, says Georgia Tech - sports 2010

  • Celeste had the air of a sophisticated mamasan in a colonial Vietnamese brothel, barking orders at us like we were her white orchids and a high-ranking GI had just popped in for a quick fivesome.

    i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010

  • The glossy prints, still redolent of the development chemicals, captured twosomes, threesomes, foursomes, and one fivesome.

    Hi-Ya! Jason Henry McCormick 2010

  • It's a tough go for Mr. Beatty as he tries to win a spot on a line that has been together longer than any fivesome in the league.

    The Band of Brothers 2010

  • Celeste had the air of a sophisticated mamasan in a colonial Vietnamese brothel, barking orders at us like we were her white orchids and a high-ranking GI had just popped in for a quick fivesome.

    i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010

  • The fivesome combined to play a total of 3 minutes, 28 seconds in the second quarter, which actually was a period where Detroit outscored Miami 20-11 to take a 39-27 lead into the intermission.

    USATODAY.com 2007

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