fifty

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fifty

A child carefully counts out fifty colorful marbles on a wooden table.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Being ten more than forty: The number 50; the quantity equal to five times ten.
    • Approximately fifty; many: Used informally to indicate a large but indefinite number.

  2. Noun:

    • The cardinal number 50: The number that follows forty-nine and precedes fifty-one.
    • A fifty-dollar bill: A piece of U.S. paper currency with a value of fifty dollars.
    • A set of fifty people or things: A group or collection comprising fifty units.
    • (The fifties): The decade from 50 to 59 in a century, especially the 20th century (1950-1959), or the period of life between ages 50 and 59.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • She has lived in the city for fifty years.
    • I've told you fifty times to be careful! (informal, meaning "many times")

  • Noun:

    • The answer is fifty.
    • Can you break a fifty? I need smaller bills.
    • A fifty of volunteers arrived to help.
    • My grandfather was born in the fifties.
    • She is in her early fifties.
Advanced Usage
  • "Fifty-fifty" (Adjective/Adverb): Divided or shared equally into two halves; with equal chance or probability.
    • We split the profits fifty-fifty.
    • There's a fifty-fifty chance it will rain tomorrow.
Variants and Related Words
  • Fiftieth (Adjective & Noun): Constituting number fifty in a sequence; the ordinal form corresponding to fifty.
    • This is my fiftieth visit to this museum.
    • We are celebrating his fiftieth (birthday).
Synonyms
  • Half a hundred (noun, less common): Fifty.
  • L (Roman numeral): The Roman numeral for 50.
Related Phrases
  • Like fifty (informal, dated): With great force, energy, or intensity.
    • The wind was blowing like fifty.
Related Idioms
  • Divide/split something fifty-fifty: To share something equally between two parties.
    • They agreed to split the inheritance fifty-fifty.
  • A fifty-fifty proposition: A situation where the chances of success or failure are equal.
    • Starting a new business is always a fifty-fifty proposition.
fifty

A child carefully counts out fifty colorful marbles on a wooden table.

Adjective
  1. being ten more than forty
Noun
  1. a United States bill worth 50 dollars
  2. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

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