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
- 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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