Definitions for fifty
ˈfɪf tififty

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fifty, 50, Lnoun

   the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

2. fifty dollar bill, fiftyadjective

   a United States bill worth 50 dollars

3. fifty, 50, ladjective

   being ten more than forty

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fiftynoun

   A fifty-dollar bill.

   Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?

2. fiftynoun

   A fifty-pound note.

3. fiftynumeral

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fiftyadjective

   five times ten; as, fifty men

   Etymology: [AS. fftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzuc, G. fnfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.]

2. Fiftynoun

   the sum of five tens; fifty units or objects

   Etymology: [AS. fftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzuc, G. fnfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.]

3. Fiftynoun

   a symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l

   Etymology: [AS. fftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzuc, G. fnfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fifty

   fif′ti, adj. and n. five tens or five times ten.—adj. Fif′tieth, the ordinal of fifty.—n. a fiftieth part. [A.S. fíftig—fíf, five, tig, ten.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fifty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3018

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fifty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #222

How to pronounce fifty?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fifty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fifty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of fifty in a Sentence

1. Jim Breheny:

   A lot of people are not aware of how much zoos have evolved over the last forty to fifty, sixty — one hundred years, modern zoos in the 21st century not only take care of animals and exhibit them to the public — we work to save species.

2. Henry Hon:

   There are about fifty-six incidences of the phrase 'one another' in the New Testament in relation to members being in the body. The term means that believers should not only wait for someone to help them, to do something for them, but that each believer has the responsibility to help and do something for another. This is the mutual giving and receiving in the body. This is the body life, where each and every member functions in the body...Without every member of the body functioning, the body will be crippled or handicapped. No matter how little or how much, every believer needs to do their part to support and supply other members in the body.

3. Carl Sagan:

   It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.

4. Roxanne Sukol:

   Fifty percent of Americans have either diabetes or prediabetes by age 65 now.

5. Bill Cosby:

   If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.

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