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fifty definition

fifty (fif′tē)

adjective

five times ten

Etymology: ME fifti < OE fiftig: see five & -ty

noun pl. fifties -·ties

the cardinal number between forty-nine and fifty-one; 50; L
fifty Idioms

the fifties

the numbers or years, as of a century, from fifty through fifty-nine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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