Fifties

Word FIFTIES
Character 7
Hyphenation fifties
Pronunciations /ˈfɪftiz/

Definitions and meanings of "Fifties"

What do we mean by fifties?

The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.

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

(temperature, rates) The range between 50 and 59.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fifties

  • Antonyms for fifties
  • Fifties antonyms not found!

The word "fifties" in example sentences

A lot of the cumulative brain trauma leaves players demented in their fifties is actually sustained during practice. ❋ The Media Consortium (2010)

Another reason we are so down on the fifties is our reverence for the sixties. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Synthetic phonics, which I have taught continuously since Training College in New Zealand in the fifties, is simply fast phonics to fabulous reading. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A Tel Aviv man in his late fifties is living with 32 women with whom he has fathered 89 children, an Israeli television station revealed last week. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The curb-side service developed in the fifties is still an important part of their customer service today. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What was great about the fifties is that for one brief moment – maybe, say, six weeks – nobody understood art. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

One year I went with a GI that had twin fifties on a 20 ft john boat. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Of these, I only have _The Great Hegedus_ (Fagius Books, undated but fifties from the look of it). ❋ Bill Crider (2007)

A shabbily dressed man in his late fifties is lugging a huge holdall down towards the hall, accompanied by a tall, muscular, Head-of-the-School-and-Captain-of-Everything type. ❋ Laban (2005)

While women born in the 1940s may not be old by Western standards, in rural Mozambique a woman in her early fifties is considered more or less old (especially if she is a widow) because she is usually already a grandmother and can no longer be included in the next-junior category of adult women, tinhlangwana (sing. nhlangwana, referring to women who still have young children). ❋ Unknown (2005)

Kind of scary to think that empirical logic was more generally accepted in fifties pop culture than it is today. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Cross Reference for Fifties

What does fifties mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Book Name Author
Exiled Duke E-Book K.J. Jackson
A Journey to Power E-Book Marie-Helene Lebeault
Become A Better Version of You... E-Book Ben Leighton
The Rule E-Book Maggie Cole
Make Me Lose E-Book Ember Leigh
Best IOS App Reviews