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Definition of Fifty

1. Adjective. Being ten more than forty.

2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and five.

3. Noun. A United States bill worth 50 dollars.

Definition of Fifty

1. a. Five times ten; as, fifty men.

2. n. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.

Definition of Fifty

1. Numeral. The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one. ¹

2. Noun. A fifty-dollar bill. ¹

3. Noun. A fifty-pound note. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fifty

1. a number [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifty

fifth grades fifth normal form fifth part fifth slip fifth slips fifth ventricle fifth wheel fifth wheels fifthly fifthness

fifths fiftie fifties fiftieth fiftieths fifty (current term) fifty-cent piece fifty-eight fifty-eighth fifty-fifth

fifty-fifty fifty-first fifty-first state fifty-five fifty-four fifty-fourth fifty-nine fifty-ninth fifty-one fifty-oneth

Literary usage of Fifty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1854)
"by the people, will cease to hold office the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four ; Benjamin C. Wandell, appointed by the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Of the remaining thirty, ten (ages two each at fifty-two, fifty-four, ... Five (ages fifty-five, sixty, sixty, sixty, sixty-three) desired to engage in the ..."

3. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1896)
"... procured fifty subscribers of forty shillings each to begin with, and ten shillings a year for fifty years, the term our company was to continue. ..."

4. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"If we go back fifty years we find that the culture of the various kinds of fruit adapted ... Within fifty years there have been many new varieties of apples ..."

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