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Synonyms for fifty


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fif-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪf ti



Définition of fifty

Origin :
  • Old English fiftig, from fif "five" (see five) + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Cf. Old Frisian fiftich, Old Norse fimm tigir, Dutch vijftig, Old High German fimfzug, German fünfzig, Gothic fimf tigjus. U.S. colloquial fifty-fifty "in an even division" is from 1913.
  • adj having 50 of something
Example sentences :
  • It had been all the same to Mrs. Bines for as many years as a woman of fifty can remember.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I am told he comes of a father who died at fifty, and who did in many ways like that.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He'd heard these rumours about a slump, and he's fifty years old at that.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The losses in New York City alone were said to be fifty millions.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It was rather a heavy tug, for the fish he had caught weighed at least fifty pounds.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • "I've got eleven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket," Andrew said frankly.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Fifty years before Queen Victoria had ascended the throne of England.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Fifty years before, on that day, he had been returned to Parliament as member for Newark.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • They went with an incredible rapidity, and Harriett was now fifty.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • His loss before the fort was about one hundred and fifty men.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James

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