fifties
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈfɪf.tiz/
:
los años cincuenta
- However, it was not until the late fifties that action for change was triggered.
- the late fifties
- the early fifties
- the culture of the fifties
Examples
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The interest in time management started in the late fifties and early sixties of the twentieth century.
Academic text (2011) -
Among critics, it is now acknowledged that American culture in the fifties was polarized.
Academic text (1995) -
I was born in Germany in the fifties to young and poor academic parents.
Academic text (2011) -
I was sure anyone who grew up in the fifties could do it.
Fiction book (1992) -
This video looks like it was made in the fifties.
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Indeed, in the late forties and fifties, college campuses were saturated with the new science.
Academic text (1996) -
Herskovits published a map in the late fifties showing the western marches of what we call Afro-Atlantis.
Academic text (1999) -
For all these reasons, by the mid-fifties, psychoanalysts were clearly among the port city's most prestigious professionals.
Academic text (1990) -
Williamsburg wasn't always hipsters and hemp seeds in the fifties.
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Many popular rock and roll artists emerged during the fifties, shaping music for decades to come.
Synonyms
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1.3
The ten years from 1950 to 1959
Compounds
How Late
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fifties comes from fifty, which is five plus -ty meaning 'ten', so fifty is 'five times ten'. So the fifties are the years that start with 50, like 1950 to 1959, which is why we call that decade the fifties.