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50th

50th

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Number fifty that shows a position in a list
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪftiˌθ/
translation icon : quincuagésimo
  • On the 50th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight, another historic flight takes place, as Scott Crossfield streaks across the skies over the California desert.
  • 50th anniversary
  • 50th birthday
  • celebrate the 50th

Examples

  • Quononoquott Garden Club honors its 50th anniversary with a tour of seven gardens.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • It was his 50th birthday.

    Clueless (1995)

  • Standing by my side at my parents' 50th anniversary.

    American Underdog (2021)

  • You know this is more than a 50th anniversary.

    Uncle Drew (2018)

  • Oh, and happy 50th anniversary.

    Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)

  • We're here at the 50th annual North Hollywood Skate Park Barbecue.

    North Hollywood (2021)

  • Well, we are putting together the 50th anniversary edition of our camp gazette.

    A Simple Favor (2018)

  • They wake up on the morning of their 50th anniversary.

    Good Will Hunting (1997)

  • "I'm looking for something special for my wife's 50th birthday," he said.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • We celebrated my father's 50th birthday with a big party.

Synonyms

fiftieth
vs50th
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A position that comes after the forty-ninth and before the fifty-first

is written as a numeral rather than a word form

How Late

200th
9 1.0
120th
2 1.0
50th
81 1.0
12th
200 1.0

Surface Forms

50th positive

Morphology

50th = 50 (transparent) = 50 + th

The ordinal meaning is directly and productively formed by adding the ordinal suffix '-th' to the cardinal numeral '50'.

Etymology

50Th is simply the number fifty plus the ending -th that turns a number into an order. It means 'in the position of fifty', just like fifth means 'in the position of five', so the 50th person or chapter is the one at number fifty.