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fifty

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪfti/
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Definition of fifty

number (plural fifties)

  • the number equivalent to the product of five and ten; half of one hundred; 50:only fifty per cent of the aircraft were serviceable about fifty of us filed in a fifty-pound salmon (Roman numeral: l or L)
  • (fifties) the numbers from 50 to 59, especially the years of a century or of a person’s life:Elvis is the icon of the Fifties
  • fifty years old:she looked about fifty
  • fifty miles an hour:I was doing about fifty
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by fifty.
  • a fifty-pound note or fifty-dollar bill.

Derivatives

fiftieth

number

fiftyfold

adjective & adverb

Origin:

Old English fīftig (see five, -ty2)

fifty in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of fifty in the US English dictionary
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