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Definition of fifty
fifties
1 : a number equal to five times 10 — see number table
2 fifties plural : the numbers 50 to 59; specifically : the years 50 to 59 in a lifetime or century
3 : a 50-dollar bill
fifty
adjectivefifty
pronoun, plural in constructionFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of fifty in a Sentence
She is in her fifties.
The bill for dinner came to $43, and she gave him a fifty.
Recent Examples of fifty from the Web
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We got rid of malaria in the United States by spraying DDT in the fifties with miserable consequences for the environment.
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The man was described as a white male in his fifties, wearing a white t-shirt.
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Michael Zegen and Alex Borstein also make appearances (in fantastic fifties attire, no less).
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Another scene depicts a blonde white woman, whom Ringgold later identified as a lower class woman in her fifties, driving a bus.
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In one of our talks, when the subject of the Afghan conflict came up, Mattis offered a detailed comparison with the Algerian War, in the nineteen-fifties.
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The driver said the passenger was intoxicated and described him as a bald white man in his fifties.
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So in 1904, with a burning determination in her soul and a meager dollar-fifty in her pocket, Dr. Bethune built a school from the ground up.
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Loyalty Day parades were a thing throughout the United States in the fifties and on, with some cities continuing to celebrate today.
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Origin and Etymology of fifty
Middle English, from fifty, adjective, from Old English fīftig, from fīftig, noun, group of 50, from fīf five + -tig group of ten; akin to tīen ten
FIFTY Defined for English Language Learners
fifty
playDefinition of fifty for English Language Learners
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: the number 50
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fifties : the numbers ranging from 50 to 59
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: a set of years ending in digits ranging from 50 to 59
FIFTY Defined for Kids
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