Fifties

Noun

Word Frequency: 3.3

Definitions

1.Nounplural of fifty

2.NounThe sixth decade of a century: the 1850s, 1950s, 2050s, etc.

"I will probably be dead by the fifties."

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

"You don't really start living until you're in your fifties!"

4.NounThe range between 50 and 59 Fahrenheit.

"It can't snow tonight; it's forecast to be in the fifties!"

5.AdjectiveFrom or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century (chiefly the 1950s).

"Don't bring ambrosia, this isn't a fifties potluck."

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