fifty

[fif-tee]

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.

adjective

1. amounting to 50 in number.

fifty

/ 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

determiner

1. 1. amounting to fifty

      fifty people

   2. ( as pronoun )

      fifty should be sufficient

Word History and Origins

Origin of fifty¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fifty¹

Old English fīftig

Example Sentences

A group of around fifty people sat on the grass outside ACC Liverpool holding handwritten placards reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action".

From BBC

The Czech Republic's elk population is believed to be around fifty animals, far fewer than Emil's presumed homeland of Poland, which has tens of thousands.

From BBC

“Being in New York, staying in a fancy hotel called the Drake that was quite posh with filet steak for fifty bucks felt like the high life,” Townshend says.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2020, his son, David, died in his fifties from complications of bile duct cancer.

From BBC

One hundred and fifty health workers will lose their jobs; they’re already resigning to seek work elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times