Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fifty
Fifty
fifty
n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 the product of five and ten. 2 a symbol for this (50, l, L). 3 (in pl.) the numbers from 50 to 59, esp. the years of a century or of a person's life. 4 a set of fifty persons or things. 5 a large indefinite number (have fifty things to tell you). --adj. that amount to fifty. Phrases and idioms fifty-fifty adj. equal, with equal shares or chances (on a fifty-fifty basis). --adv. equally, half and half (go fifty-fifty). fifty-first, -second , etc. the ordinal numbers between fiftieth and sixtieth. fifty-one, -two , etc. the cardinal numbers between fifty and sixty. Derivatives fiftieth adj. & n. fiftyfold adj. & adv. Etymology: OE fiftig (as FIVE, -TY(2))
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noun (plural fifties) Etymology: Middle English, from ~, adjective, from Old English fīftig, from fīftig, noun, group of 50, from fīf five + -tig group of ten; akin to tīen ten Date: before 12th century see: number the numbers 50 to 59, a 50-dollar bill, fiftieth adjective or noun ~ adjective ~ pronoun, plural in construction ~ish adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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