fiftieth
next after the forty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 50.
being one of 50 equal parts.
a fiftieth part, especially of one (1/50).
the fiftieth member of a series.
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How to use fiftieth in a sentence
As I was lifting myself up for the fiftieth time, he said, “Now get in the water and make a sugar cookie.”
He even bought a convertible sports car for his fiftieth birthday.
After passing his fiftieth year an individual should abstain from venesection.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. WalshI should like to see you without it for the fiftieth part of a second.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesA pocket-book, with which he presented his father on his fiftieth birthday, brought out his unqualified praise.
There and Back | George MacDonald
Prince Paskiewitch completed the fiftieth year of his service in the Russian army.
Mark Twain's fiftieth birthday was one of the pleasantly observed events of that year.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for fiftieth
/ (ˈfɪftɪɪθ) /
being the ordinal number of fifty in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 50th
(as noun): the fiftieth in the series
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)
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