fifty

Midpoint between extremes

Fifty is the number 50, halfway to a hundred.

In the plural, fifties refers to a decade of life or century: She's in her fifties, music from the fifties.

A fifty is a fifty-dollar bill.

To go fifty-fifty is to split something equally: Let's go fifty-fifty on dinner.

midpoint

halfway

At the midpoint

center · equidistant · split · even · half · balance · division · midway · intermediate · mean

percentage

percent

Rate per hundred

split · ratio · fraction · odds · chance · probability · likelihood · portion · majority · threshold

numeral

50

Five tens combined

digit · integer · figure · quantity · count · number · numerical · decimal · roman · value

milestone

birthday

Annual date of origin

celebration · half-century · commemoration · achievement · landmark · marker · benchmark · threshold · pinnacle · culmination

currency

dollar

Basic U.S. currency unit

  • billAmount owed, written
  • noteShort written record
  • grantBestow or award money

denomination · cash · money · tender · greenback · banknote · change · payment

approximation

around

In the vicinity

nearly · ballpark · estimate · odd · something · plus · score

speed

mph

Velocity unit abbreviation

  • limitMaximum allowed extent
  • zoneBounded area designation
  • highwayMajor road for travel

cruise · speedometer · posted · driving · road · interstate · kilometers · citation · speeding · throttle

Categories
Opposites
numerical magnitude

fiftyzero

Numerical absence of quantity

one · nothing · none · hundred · few

completeness/proportion

fiftyhundred

Ten squared

one hundred · complete · whole · all · full

number type

fiftyfiftieth

After forty-ninth

ordinal · fifty-first

Phrases
Family

fifteen, fiftieth, fifty-two, fifty-one, fifties, fiftyish, fiftyfold, fifty-fifth, fifty-third

Familiarity
Top 2,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G