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fiftieth

fiftieth

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At number fifty in a list or series
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪftiəθ/
translation icon : quincuagésimo
  • Predictably, these equivocations shaded the celebrations at the fiftieth anniversary of World War II's end.
  • fiftieth anniversary
  • fiftieth birthday
  • celebrate the fiftieth

Examples

  • The eldest of the ruler's eight sons had just finished celebrating his fiftieth birthday.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • She received a special gift for her fiftieth birthday party last weekend.

  • On his fiftieth birthday, he gave it all up and moved to South Africa.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • As I approached my fiftieth birthday, I came to the conclusion that the time had come to leave.

    Academic text (1991)

  • I often remember Danny at his parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary, dancing with their neighbor, Mrs. Hill.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Here we are back at the Queen Anne house for Rob's fiftieth birthday.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • As we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Brown Decision, the schools are still segregated.

    Academic text (2003)

  • How he wished that their fiftieth wedding anniversary could have been scripted differently.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Recent conferences at Stanford and Groningen commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of Erich Auerbach's Mimesis (1946).

    Academic text (1999)

  • This year, we are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of our town's founding.

Synonyms

50th
vsfiftieth
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Number fifty that shows a position in a list

is the same meaning but written as a word rather than digits

How Late

hundredth
7 1.0
fiftieth
7 1.0
twentieth
6 1.0
tenth
100 1.0
first
7 1.0

Surface Forms

fiftieth positive

Morphology

fiftieth = fifty (transparent) = fifty + ieth

Regular ordinal formation from the cardinal 'fifty' with a predictable spelling change, so the adjectival use is directly derived and transparent.

Etymology

Fiftieth comes from the number fifty, which is five plus the part -ty meaning 'ten times'. The ending -th turns a number into a position, so fiftieth means 'the 50th place'.