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FIFTIES

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• FIFTIES (noun)
The noun FIFTIES has 2 senses:

1. the decade from 1950 to 1959
2. the time of life between 50 and 60

Familiarity information: FIFTIES used as a noun is rare.

• FIFTIES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The decade from 1950 to 1959

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

1950s; fifties

Hypernyms ("fifties" is a kind of...):

decade; decennary; decennium (a period of 10 years)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The time of life between 50 and 60

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

mid-fifties; fifties

Hypernyms ("fifties" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Holonyms ("fifties" is a part of...):

adulthood; maturity (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)

"Making a rod for your own back."
(English proverb)
"Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you."
(Native American proverb, Hopi)
"Unity is power."
(Armenian proverb)
"A good deed is worth gold."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of decade
Meaning of decennary
Meaning of decennium
Meaning of time of life
Pronunciation of adulthood

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