plural fifties
1
: a number equal to five times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
fifties plural
: the numbers 50 to 59
specifically
: the years 50 to 59 in a lifetime or century
3
: a 50-dollar bill
fifty
adjective
fifty
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of fifty in a Sentence
She is in her fifties.
The bill for dinner came to $43, and she gave him a fifty.
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Bryant, who is Black, is in his late fifties.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Then in her mid-fifties, Bainbridge was already well on her way to the status of a slightly rackety grande dame, having made her name in the Seventies with a blizzard of short, elliptical novels, comic in execution but tinged with an underlying darkness.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Core technical roles at Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent typically go to veterans—people in their forties and fifties who rose through internal labs, search stacks and cloud infrastructure.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Flow World Sales: The Mediapro Studio Distribution Ariel, a successful cartoonist in his fifties, feels trapped by family and social demands.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Then in her mid-fifties, Bainbridge was already well on her way to the status of a slightly rackety grande dame, having made her name in the Seventies with a blizzard of short, elliptical novels, comic in execution but tinged with an underlying darkness.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Core technical roles at Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent typically go to veterans—people in their forties and fifties who rose through internal labs, search stacks and cloud infrastructure.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Flow World Sales: The Mediapro Studio Distribution Ariel, a successful cartoonist in his fifties, feels trapped by family and social demands.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fifty
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fifty. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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