How do you pronounce fifties?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪftiz/.

fifties

/ˈfɪftiz/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: fifties
IPA: /ˈfɪftiz/

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noun

plural of fifty

noun

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

noun

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

noun

The range between 50 and 59 Fahrenheit.

adj

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

Example Sentences

"I will probably be dead by the fifties."
"The fifties were the heyday of the excursion train, with the 1851 Exhibition naturally giving a great boost to such traffic."
"America in the fifties also had its share of reactionary political violence."
"You don't really start living until you're in your fifties!"
"[…] doing variations on Old Devil Moon on trumpet, backed by an aging hippy on drums, a stringbeany, college student type on upright bass, and a balding man in his fifties playing an effectively understated piano."
"Albrecht Lein reports that the core of the Braunschweig Antifa was made up of KPD and SPD members in their forties and fifties who had avoided the front, though Catholic workers’ organizations and other forces were also involved."

Inflected Forms

'fifties (alternative)

Phrases

furious fifties nineteen-fifties 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s

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quinquagenarian 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s

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1950s '50s 50s mid-fifties

fifties

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