FIFTIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fifties mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIFTIES (noun)

Sense 1

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

Meaning:

The time of life between 50 and 60

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

fifties; mid-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)

 Context examples 

The disease can affect men and women of any age, but it usually strikes in your thirties, forties or fifties.

(Osteonecrosis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Today, with improved treatments, some people who have CF are living into their forties, fifties, or older.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)