FIFTIES

fifties, mid-fifties

(noun) the time of life between 50 and 60

fifties

(noun) the decade from 1950 to 1959

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

fifties

plural of fifty

fifties pl (plural only)

The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.

The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.

(temperature, rates, pluralonly) The range between 50 and 59.

Adjective

fifties (not comparable)

From or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century (chiefly the 1950s).

Anagrams

• Tiffies, iffiest, stiffie

Source: Wiktionary


FIFTY

Fif"ty, a. Etym: [AS. fiftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzug, G. fünfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.]

Definition: Five times ten; as, fifty men.

Fif"ty, n.; pl. Fifties (.

1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.

2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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