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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
fif•ty /ˈfɪfti/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ties, adj. 
  1. a cardinal number, ten times five.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 50 or L.
  3. fifties, the numbers from 50 through 59, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature:The temperature is in the fifties.
  4. Informal Termsa fifty-dollar bill.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. amounting to 50 in number.
fif•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fif•ty  (fiftē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. 
n. 
  1. a cardinal number, ten times five.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 50 or L.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. fifties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 50 through 59, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature:She lives in the East Fifties. He's in his late fifties. It's going to be in the fifties again today.
  5. Informal Termsa fifty-dollar bill:He had a fifty and two tens in his wallet.

adj. 
  1. amounting to 50 in number.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English fīftig. See five, -ty1

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