fifties

Examples

• All

• Madame Sabah was a widow in her fifties who never had any children.

  Academic text (2009)

• Under a street lamp, we see that it's a woman in her fifties walking her dog.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Was she in her fifties?

  Hereafter (2010)

• The chief was amazed that this woman, in her fifties, could run so fast.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The doctor is in his early fifties and has a weathered, tired look to him.

  Fiction book (1994)

• We're a middle-aged couple in our fifties, barely making ends meet, so we were thrilled.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Sheriff Burke, a round man in his fifties, wipes the stress from his face.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Judge Burnham, a confident Black man in his fifties, sits behind the bench.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Rachel, an attractive woman in her fifties, exits, locks the door, and walks down the street.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Ms. Long mentioned that he was in his fifties at the time of the event.

Synonyms

M

mid-fifties

vsfifties

1 3.0

An age between about 53 and 57 years

has identical meaning but is used as a general label

F

fiftysomething

vsfifties

4.6

A person between fifty and fifty-nine years old

is the life period covering ages fifty to sixty rather than a person

Compounds

M

mid-fifties

1 3.0

An age between about 53 and 57 years

How Old

nineties

2.4

seventies

1.4

fifties

13 2.0

twenties

51 1.1

teens

13 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology