"fifties" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɪftiz/
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fifties (not comparable)
  1. From or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century (chiefly the 1950s). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fifties-en-adj-~fOGZaHa Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 4 37 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 37 6 45 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 8 43 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 8 41 5 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of the decade): 'fifties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 44 0 5

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪftiz/
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} fifties
  1. plural of fifty Tags: form-of, plural Form of: fifty Categories (topical): Fifty
    Sense id: en-fifties-en-noun-HVLCvNol Disambiguation of Fifty: 3 81 8 7 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of the decade): 'fifties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 44 0 5

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪftiz/
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} fifties pl (plural only)
  1. The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Decades Translations (The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.): halvtredserne (Danish), jaren vijftig [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 50 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 1950 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), viisikymmentäluku (Finnish), années cinquante [feminine, plural] (French), années 50 [feminine, plural] (French), ორმოცდაათიანები (ormocdaatianebi) (Georgian), ორმოცდაათიანი წლები (ormocdaatiani c̣lebi) (Georgian), 50-იანი წლები (50-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), 50-იანები (50-ianebi) (Georgian), fünfziger Jahre [neuter, plural] (German), Fünfziger [plural] (German), ötvenes évek (Hungarian), caogaidí [masculine, plural] (Irish), 五十年代 (gojū-nendai) (Japanese), 50年代 (gojū-nendai) (Japanese), 50년대 (osimnyeondae) (Korean), 1950-tallet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), lata pięćdziesiąte [plural] (Polish), lata 50. [plural] (Polish), años cincuenta (Spanish), femtiotalet [neuter] (Swedish), femtiotal [neuter] (Swedish), pumdegau [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fifties-en-noun-bLFWpsKd Disambiguation of Decades: 12 2 51 31 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 11 41 7 9 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 17 18 33 5 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 9 48 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 3 57 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 37 6 45 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 6 46 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 10 43 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 8 43 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 25 18 39 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 8 41 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 16 38 14 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 30 10 42 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 32 5 49 4 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 30 10 43 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 30 11 40 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 10 41 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 3 54 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 9 44 4 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 34 5 48 4 9 Disambiguation of 'The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.': 82 16 2
  2. The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59. Tags: plural, plural-only
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  3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 50 and 59. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-fifties-en-noun-09ut9M9z Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 8 41 5 13 Topics: temperature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 1950s, '50s, 50s Synonyms (of the decade): 'fifties Derived forms: furious fifties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 44 0 5 Related terms: quinquagenarian, 1200s · 1210s · 1220s · 1230s · 1240s · 1250s · 1260s · 1270s · 1280s · 1290s, 1300s · 1310s · 1320s · 1330s · 1340s · 1350s · 1360s · 1370s · 1380s · 1390s, 1400s · 1410s · 1420s · 1430s · 1440s · 1450s · 1460s · 1470s · 1480s · 1490s, 1500s · 1510s · 1520s · 1530s · 1540s · 1550s · 1560s · 1570s · 1580s · 1590s, 1600s · 1610s · 1620s · 1630s · 1640s · 1650s · 1660s · 1670s · 1680s · 1690s, 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, '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s, 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's, zeros, zeroes, aughts, noughties, oughts · oneties, tens, teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties, Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties
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