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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fif•ti•eth (fif′tē ith),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the forty-ninth;
being the ordinal number for 50. - being one of 50 equal parts.
n. - a fiftieth part, esp. of one (1⁄50).
- the fiftieth member of a series.
- Middle English fiftithe, Old English fīftigotha. See fifty, -th2 bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈfiftieth /ˈfɪftɪɪθ/ adj - being the ordinal number of fifty in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 50th
- (as noun): the fiftieth in the series
n - one of 50 equal or approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier): a fiftieth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by 50 ( 1⁄50)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fif•ty /ˈfɪfti/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ties, adj. - a cardinal number, ten times five.
- a symbol for this number, as 50 or L.
- fifties, the numbers from 50 through 59, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature:The temperature is in the fifties.
- Informal Termsa fifty-dollar bill.
adj. [ before a noun] - amounting to 50 in number.
fif•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fif•ty (fif′tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. - a cardinal number, ten times five.
- a symbol for this number, as 50 or L.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- fifties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 50 through 59, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature:She lives in the East Fifties. He's in his late fifties. It's going to be in the fifties again today.
- Informal Termsa fifty-dollar bill:He had a fifty and two tens in his wallet.
adj. - amounting to 50 in number.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English fīftig. See five, -ty1
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