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- [fif-tee]
- /ˈfɪf ti/
- /ˈfɪfti/
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- [fif-tee]
- /ˈfɪf ti/
Definitions of fifty word
- noun plural fifty a cardinal number, ten times five. 1
- noun plural fifty a symbol for this number, as 50 or L. 1
- noun plural fifty a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun plural fifty 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. 1
- noun plural fifty Informal. a fifty-dollar bill: He had a fifty and two tens in his wallet. 1
- adjective fifty amounting to 50 in number. 1
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Origin of fifty
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English fīftig. See five, -ty1
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Parts of speech for Fifty
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fifty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fifty usage trend in Literature
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adj fifty
- quinquagenarian — 50 years of age.
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