1
: a number that is one more than fourteen see Table of Numbers
2
: the first point scored by a side in a game of tennis
called also five
fifteen
adjective
fifteen
pronoun, plural in construction
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fifteen
noun
fif·teen
(ˈ)fif-ˈtēn 
: a number that is one more than fourteen see number
fifteen
adjective or pronoun
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