fifty

noun

fif·ty ˈfif-tē How to pronounce fifty (audio)

plural fifties

: a number equal to five times 10 see Table of Numbers

fifties plural : the numbers 50 to 59

specifically : the years 50 to 59 in a lifetime or century

: a 50-dollar bill

fiftieth

ˈfif-tē-əth How to pronounce fifty (audio)

adjective or noun

fifty adjective

fifty pronoun, plural in construction

fiftyish

ˈfif-tē-ish How to pronounce fifty (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

She is in her fifties. The bill for dinner came to $43, and she gave him a fifty.

Recent Examples on the Web China had almost 49 gigawatts installed as of 2019 and should get into the mid-fifties this year.

Bloomberg.com, 3 June 2020 Now, today’s middle-class workers in their forties and even fifties will likely get stuck with the huge tax increases.

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2020 By week’s end, a man in his fifties would succumb to COVID-19 symptoms in Kirkland, a Seattle suburb.

Brett Murphy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2020 In February, the CDC sent the Army about 10 drops of blood from one of the first Covid-19 patients, a Washington state man in his fifties who was the epidemic’s first US death.

Eric Niiler, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020 The organizers had hoped, in particular, for Kipchoge to run in ideal weather—temperature in the low fifties in Fahrenheit, with less than eighty per cent humidity.

Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2019 The relative increases are four to five times higher than the increases in workforce gains in people in their thirties, forties, and fifties.

Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2020 Some were influenced by Adelle Davis, Lelord Kordel, or other health food proponents of the fifties.

Ellen Fort, Sunset Magazine, 9 Mar. 2020 But there’s no doubt about it that that over 60 — in some of the cases recently reported out of Washington state, people were in their fifties, but had additional medical conditions — have a very high spike in mortality rates.

Matthew Herper, STAT, 6 Mar. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	fifty
释义	fifty noun fif·ty ˈfif-tē plural fifties 1 : a number equal to five times 10 see Table of Numbers 2 fifties plural : the numbers 50 to 59 specifically : the years 50 to 59 in a lifetime or century 3 : a 50-dollar bill fiftieth ˈfif-tē-əth adjective or noun fifty adjective fifty pronoun, plural in construction fiftyish ˈfif-tē-ish adjective Example Sentences She is in her fifties. The bill for dinner came to $43, and she gave him a fifty. Recent Examples on the Web China had almost 49 gigawatts installed as of 2019 and should get into the mid-fifties this year. Bloomberg.com, 3 June 2020 Now, today’s middle-class workers in their forties and even fifties will likely get stuck with the huge tax increases. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2020 By week’s end, a man in his fifties would succumb to COVID-19 symptoms in Kirkland, a Seattle suburb. Brett Murphy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2020 In February, the CDC sent the Army about 10 drops of blood from one of the first Covid-19 patients, a Washington state man in his fifties who was the epidemic’s first US death. Eric Niiler, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020 The organizers had hoped, in particular, for Kipchoge to run in ideal weather—temperature in the low fifties in Fahrenheit, with less than eighty per cent humidity. Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2019 The relative increases are four to five times higher than the increases in workforce gains in people in their thirties, forties, and fifties. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2020 Some were influenced by Adelle Davis, Lelord Kordel, or other health food proponents of the fifties. Ellen Fort, Sunset Magazine, 9 Mar. 2020 But there’s no doubt about it that that over 60 — in some of the cases recently reported out of Washington state, people were in their fifties, but had additional medical conditions — have a very high spike in mortality rates. Matthew Herper, STAT, 6 Mar. 2020 See More Word History Etymology 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 First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing fifty fifty-fifty fifty-fifty Kids Definition fifty 1 of 2 adjective fif·ty ˈfif-tē : being five times ten fifty 2 of 2 noun : five times ten : 50 fifty noun as in twenty Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance twenty hundred ten five two one fiver dollar tenner sawbuck fin cash money buck currency C-note chips simoleon legal tender dough smacker lucre paper money pelf scrip money order dead presidents draft greenback banknote check bill note
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fifty

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Phrases Containing fifty

Kids Definition

adjective

noun

noun