ONE-FIFTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one-fifth mean? 

• ONE-FIFTH (noun)
  The noun ONE-FIFTH has 1 sense:

1. one part in five equal parts

  Familiarity information: ONE-FIFTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONE-FIFTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One part in five equal parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

fifth; fifth part; one-fifth; twenty percent

Hypernyms ("one-fifth" is a kind of...):

common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)

 Context examples 

The cells formed tumors that grew to a diameter of one-fifth of an inch or more.

(Gut microbes may affect cancer treatment, NIH)

By contrast, one-fifth of the experiments that lasted under 10 years picked up species changes.

(Environmental change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands, National Science Foundation)