fifty

American  

[fif-tee] / ˈfɪf ti /

noun

plural

fifties

1. a cardinal number, ten times five.

2. a symbol for this number, as 50 or L.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. 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.

5. Informal. a fifty-dollar bill.

   He had a fifty and two tens in his wallet.

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adjective

1. amounting to 50 in number.

fifty British  

/ ˈfɪftɪ /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

2. a numeral, 50, L, etc, representing this number

3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 50 units

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to fifty

      fifty people

   2. ( as pronoun )

      fifty should be sufficient

Etymology

Origin of fifty

before 900; Middle English; Old English fīftig. See five, -ty ¹

Example Sentences

"A fifty foot gold statue of Mani in the city," he said.

From BBC

Pope's record against Australia also now stands at 15 innings with no fifties, at an average of 17.66.

From BBC

Of the fifty or so analysts contributing recommendations to FactSet, only a quarter roughly rate Tesla sell or underweight, while buys and holds account for the remainder.

From MarketWatch

Before this innings, Root had made nine fifties and scored 900 runs in Australia, but his average of 33.33 was the lowest of any country in which he had batted more than twice.

From BBC

My dad, who grew up in New York City in the nineteen-forties and fifties, does remember.

From Salon