Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fifth grade

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: fifth -grade
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The period in school that comes after fourth grade and before sixth grade.

American usage

Example Sentences

"4) The Psychology Research Institute of the China Academy of Sciences carried out an experiment in teaching arithmetic in coordination with algebra in two classes of the fifth grade in the No. 2 experimental elementary school in Peking with good results. At a unified examination in arithmetic held among all elementary schools in Hsicheng ch’ü, Peking, the grades of the students in these two classes averaged better that 94."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

fifth grades (plural)

Phrases

fifth grader

Frequently Paired Words

zeroth grade first grade second grade third grade fourth grade sixth grade seventh grade eighth grade

Synonyms

grade five grade 5

Questions

What does fifth grade mean?: The period in school that comes after fourth grade and before sixth grade.

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