# fiftieth

Pronunciation: say "FIF-tee-uhth" /ˈfɪf.ti.əθ/

## Adjective

1. The ordinal form of the number fifty, indicating position number fifty in a sequence.
   - Simple: In position number fifty, coming after forty-nine others in order.
   - _The company celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a banquet for all its employees._
   - _She was the fiftieth caller and won the concert tickets._

## Noun

2. The person or thing occupying position number fifty in a sequence or series.
   - Simple: The person or thing that is number fifty in a line or list.
   - _Among the applicants, she was the fiftieth to be interviewed._
   - _The museum awarded a prize to the fiftieth through its doors that morning._
3. One of fifty equal parts into which something is divided.
   - Simple: One piece of something that has been split into fifty equal pieces.
   - _Each investor owned a fiftieth of the company._
   - _The machined part was off by less than three fiftieths of an inch._

## Origin

From an earlier form 'fifteth' and Middle English 'fiftithe', 'fyftith'; it is equivalent to 'fifty' plus the suffix '-eth'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fiftieth (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).