shared equally between two persons or things; equal; even
equally; half-and-half
fifty-fifty
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fifty-fifty
adjective
- Divided or shared in two equal portions: a fifty-fifty split.
- Being equally likely or unlikely: had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving.
Related Forms:
- fif′ty-fif′ty
adverb
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Adverb
(not comparable)
- in half; so that both parts of the whole are equal.
- I'll do the hard work, you organise the team, and we'll split profits fifty-fifty.
Noun
(plural fifty-fiftys)
- (sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.
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Sentence Examples
- Maintaining a fifty-fifty ratio of browns to greens is ideal.
- His expression was a fifty-fifty mixture of pain and anger.
- The lady at the library bought 'em. We was fifty-fifty on that stuff.
WORDS NEAR fifty-fifty IN THE DICTIONARY
- fifty-fifty
- fifty-first
- fifty-first-state
- fifty-five