# fifties

Pronunciation: say "FIF-teez" /ˈfɪftiz/

## Noun

1. The decade running from the year ending in 50 through the year ending in 59, such as the 1850s or the 1950s.
   - Simple: The years from 1950 to 1959, or the same ten years in another century.
   - _Suburban housing developments spread rapidly through the fifties._
   - _Jazz from the late fifties still fills the playlist at that club._
2. The span of a person's life from age 50 through age 59.
   - Simple: The years of someone's life from age 50 to age 59.
   - _He took up long-distance cycling well into his fifties._
   - _Doctors often recommend regular screenings once patients enter their fifties._
3. Plural of fifty. — plural of fifty
   - Simple: Plural of fifty. Use this when talking about more than one fifty.
   - _The teller stacked the fifties into neat piles on the counter._
   - _She withdrew her savings in fifties and twenties._
5. The range of temperatures from 50 through 59 degrees Fahrenheit.
   - Simple: Temperatures from 50 to 59 degrees Fahrenheit.
   - _Daytime highs hovered in the fifties for most of the week._
   - _The mercury barely climbed out of the fifties despite the sun._

## Adjective

4. Belonging to or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century, especially the 1950s.
   - Simple: Coming from or reminding people of the 1950s.
   - _He drives a lovingly restored fifties convertible._
   - _The diner leaned into a bright fifties aesthetic, all chrome and vinyl._

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