Definitions for fifties
fifties

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fifties, 1950snoun

   the decade from 1950 to 1959

2. fifties, mid-fiftiesnoun

   the time of life between 50 and 60

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fiftiesnoun

   Fifty-dollar bills.

2. fiftiesnoun

   The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.

3. fiftiesnoun

   The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.

4. fiftiesnoun

   Plural form of fifty.

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1. fifties

   The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "'50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II, aided by the post-World War II economic expansion. The period also saw great population growth with increased birth rates and the emergence of the baby boomer generation. Despite this recovery, the Cold War developed from its modest beginnings in the late 1940s to a heated competition between the Soviet Union and the United States by the early 1960s. The ideological clash between communism and capitalism dominated the decade, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, with conflicts including the Korean War in the early 1950s, the Cuban Revolution, the beginning of the Vietnam War in French Indochina, and the beginning of the Space Race with the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957. Along with increased testing of nuclear weapons (such as RDS-37 and Upshot–Knothole), the tense geopolitical situation created a politically conservative climate. In the United States, a wave of anti-communist sentiment known as the Second Red Scare resulted in Congressional hearings by both houses in Congress. The beginning of decolonization in Africa and Asia also took place in this decade and accelerated in the following decade. During the 1950s, the world population increased from 2.5 to 3.0 billion, with approximately 1 billion births and 500 million deaths.

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1. fifties

   1) The numbers from 50 to 59, particularly within a century. 2) The decade of years from 1950 to 1959. 3) The time of life between 50 and 60 years old. 4) A denomination of currency worth fifty units. 5) A style or trend associated with the 1950s. The context usually determines which meaning is applicable.

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1. Fifties

   of Fifty

Matched Categories

1. • Decade
   • Time Of Life

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fifties' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3259

Anagrams for fifties »

1. iffiest

2. stiffie

How to pronounce fifties?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fifties in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fifties in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fifties in a Sentence

1. Keith Richards:

   We could see a bounce on oil, it could go from the fifties back to $60 or something in the short term, but generally speaking I think oil is heading down to the forties again, i can't be bullish on commodities.

2. Richard Mallinson:

   Prices are looking for a level to stabilize around for a few weeks or months. It’s looking like it could be in the fifties.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   If a man knows the law, find out, though he live in a pine shanty, and resort to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the imprisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint a landscape, and convey into souls and ochres all the enchantments of Spring or Autumn; or can liberate and intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious songs and verses; it is certain that the secret cannot be kept; the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and tens and fifties to his doors.

4. Lee Un-chul:

   If self-evaluated, our score is only in the fifties, compared with that in the thirties last year ... we are making headway as we can correct even the government if it does wrong.

5. Daniel Crane:

   In the forties and fifties you had these sort of mom-and-pop car dealers complaining that they were being taken advantage of by the' Big Three' [ Detroit automakers ], and so this led to this series of dealer protection laws.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fifties
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fifties
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifties
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fifties