fifteen

Meanings

• Number

  The number that is fifteen units more than ten.

  - "She turned fifteen last week."
  - "Fifteen is a prime number."
  - "In baseball, a batter gets three strikes and three outs, making eighteen outs in total."
  - "If you add seven to ten, you get fifteen."

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Pronunciation

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Synonyms

15 , XV

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with fifteen
sween , sixteen , seventeen , eighteen , twenty

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Variants

List of all variants of fifteen that leads to same result
15 , fifteen , fifteens , fifteenth , fifteenths , five

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Etymology

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The word 'fifteen' comes from the Old English word 'fifteen' which is derived from 'fif' meaning 'five' and 'teen' meaning 'ten'.

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Trivia

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1. Fifteen is the atomic number of phosphorus.

2. The number fifteen is a Fibonacci number.

3. In the game of Scrabble, the word 'fifteen' can be made using the letters Q, U, I, N, E, and T.

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Related Concepts

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1. Quarter century: Fifteen is the middle number of a quarter century, which is a period of twenty-five years.

2. Fifteen-love: In tennis, fifteen-love means that one player has won all fifteen points in a game.

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Culture

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Fifteen is considered a significant number in various cultures. In some countries, fifteen is the age of majority, meaning that individuals are considered adults at this age.

How to Memorize "fifteen"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the number fifteen as a hand with five fingers on each hand, with each hand representing five units, making it a total of fifteen units.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the number fifteen with the phrase 'five tens and zero ones'. This can help you remember that fifteen is five tens and no ones.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Fifteen is five tens and a teen' to remember the number fifteen.

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