Meaning of "fifties" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF FIFTIES

fifties  [ˈfɪftɪz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIFTIES

Fifties is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FIFTIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

1950s

The 1950s or the Fifties was a decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. By its end, the world had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late 1940s to a hot competition between the United States and the Soviet Union by the beginning of the 1960s. Clashes between communism and capitalism dominated the decade, especially in the Northern Hemisphere. The conflicts included the Korean War in the beginnings of the decade and the beginning of the Space Race with the launch of Sputnik I. Along with increased testing of nuclear weapons, this created a politically conservative climate. In the United States, the The Second Red Scare caused public Congressional hearings by both houses in Congress and anti-communism was the prevailing sentiment in the United States throughout the decade. The beginning of decolonization in Africa and Asia occurred in this decade and accelerated in the following decade, the 1960s.

Definition of fifties in the English dictionary

The first definition of fifties in the dictionary is the fifties the numbers 50--59 in a particular century, esp the 20th century: the early/late fifties. Other definition of fifties is your fifties the ages between 50--59: in your fifties. Fifties is also in the fifties between 50--59 degrees in temperature.

TRANSLATION OF FIFTIES

Find out the translation of fifties to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fifties from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fifties» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 五
• Translator English - Spanish: cincuenta
• English: fifties
• Translator English - Hindi: अर्द्धशतक
• Translator English - Arabic: الخمسينات
• Translator English - Russian: пятидесятые
• Translator English - Portuguese: fifties
• Translator English - Bengali: পঞ্চাশের
• Translator English - French: années cinquante
• Translator English - Malay: Lima puluhan
• Translator English - German: fünfziger Jahre
• Translator English - Japanese: 50年代
• Translator English - Korean: 오십
• Translator English - Javanese: Kaping lima
• Translator English - Vietnamese: năm mươi
• Translator English - Tamil: அரைசதங்கள்
• Translator English - Marathi: अर्धशतके
• Translator English - Turkish: elliler
• Translator English - Italian: anni cinquanta
• Translator English - Polish: pięćdziesiątych
• Translator English - Ukrainian: п´ятдесяті
• Translator English - Romanian: cincizeci de ani
• Translator English - Greek: πενήντα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vyftigerjare
• Translator English - Swedish: femtiotal
• Translator English - Norwegian: fifties

10 QUOTES WITH «FIFTIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fifties.

1

Rowan Atkinson

Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful.

2

Jackson Browne

Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this country.

3

Augusten Burroughs

I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen.

4

Rose Byrne

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

5

Orson Scott Card

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.

6

Rosemary Clooney

I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations.

7

Richard Dreyfuss

I didn't understand 3-D in the fifties and I can't say I get it now either. I just don't see what the big deal is.

8

Ann Druyan

Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War.

9

Lapo Elkann

I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather with a pair of Tsubi jeans or wear a favorite pin-striped suit from him for more formal occasions. I'm crazy about pinstripes and vintage fifties fabrics.

10

Warren Farrell

It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up during the McCarthy era, and hearing a lot of assumptions that America was wonderful and Communism was terrible.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIFTIES»

Discover the use of fifties in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fifties and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Fifties

A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, The Fifties is vintage Halberstam, who was hailed by the Denver Post as “a lively, graceful writer who makes you . . . understand how much of our time was born in those years ...

David Halberstam, 2012

Great Fashion Designs of the Fifties: 30 Haute Couture ...

Two lifelike paper dolls and 30 haute couture outfits by Chanel, Paquin, Jacques Heim, Mainbocher, Pauline Trigere, Givenchy, Cardin, Norell, other greats. Full Color. Publisher's Note. Captions.

Tom Tierney, 1985

Fifties Television: The Industry and Its Critics

In a wide-ranging, rigorous analysis of the fledling American television industry--during the period of its greatest economic growth, programming changes, and critical controversy--Boddy traces the medium's development from the experimental ...

William Boddy, 1993

The Fifties Spiritual Marketplace: American Religion in a ...

Ellwood explores the Catholic-Protestant tensions, the conflict between theology and popular faith, and the underground forms of religiosity, and argues that the decade was actually full of spiritual strife.

Robert S. Ellwood, 1997

The Fifties: The Way We Really Were

Surveys the social, cultural, and political history of the United States during the decade of the 1950's.

Douglas T. Miller, Marion Nowak, 1977

Googie: fifties coffee shop architecture

A look at "the Googie School of Architecture," particularly "the metal-framed angular designs, employing lavish use of glass, natural (and unnatural) stone, tile, and integrated landscaping [which] became a cachet for the proliferating ...

Alan Hess, 1986

Young, White, and Miserable: Growing Up Female in the Fifties

Concluding with a look at the life and suicide of social scientist Anne Parsons, this book is a poignant and important look into conditions that led to the women's movement.

Wini Breines, 2001

Masked Men: Masculinity and the Movies in the Fifties

Masked Men focuses on the gender and sexual masquerades that organized their performances of masculinity on and off screen.

Steve Cohan, 1997

Going Home to the Fifties

Full-colour ads accompany the text to guide the reader on a journey through an idealised neighbourhood of the times from the schools, roads and commuter trains to the homes, kitchens and backyards.

Bill Yenne, 2002

British Cinema in the Fifties: Gender, Genre and the 'new Look'

In British Cinema in the Fifties, Geraghty examines some of the most popular films of this period, exploring the ways in which they reworked contemporary social issues and themes such as national identity.

Christine Geraghty, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIFTIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fifties is used in the context of the following news items.

England take control of first Ashes Test after fifties from Ian Bell and …

England will push for the most thrilling and unexpected of victories in this extraordinary first Test on Saturday after a helter-skelter third day of a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Pakistan choose to bowl; Irfan returns

His batting is appaling.Surely there has to be a maximum criteria to be called an allrounder.At least a few fifties. Baba_Sehgal on July 11, 2015, ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»

Rabada's record-breaking debut

Shakib has made two hundreds and 17 fifties from 63 innings and averages 39.88 at this venue. 9 Number of times, in 14 ODI innings, that ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»

Take me back to the Forties and Fifties

Those of us who grew up in Dalkeith during the 1940s and '50s without the help of television could hardly claim fast-lane living, but we did have ... «MidLothian Advertiser, Jul 15»

Ian Trahan gets 20 years for McKinley Street beating death

He may not be released from prison until he's in his early fifties. Guillory had been charged with second-degree murder and attempted ... «KLFY, Jul 15»

Caitlin FitzGerald Talks 'Masters of Sex,' Feminism and Fifties Fashion

“Initially, I loved the script but…” Caitlin FitzGerald pauses. “I didn't want to play a Fifties housewife.” Die-hards of Showtime's smash “Masters of ... «WWD, Jul 15»

Fabulous fifties featured at Fenelon Falls museum

If you grew up in the fifties in Fenelon Falls, you will know the familiar faces on the wall.” What struck Museum Chairman, Jack Langham, is how ... «Kawartha Media Group, Jul 15»

Bates, Priest fifties secure New Zealand win

The intent of the New Zealand batsmen was clear this time. They were not going to falter in another sub-200 chase, they were not going to lose ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»

Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali fifties steer Pakistan to 171/2 on Day 3

Gritty half-centuries from Ahmed Shehzad and Azhar Ali steered Pakistan to 171 for two against Sri Lanka when bad light ended the third day of ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»

nilufar gallery celebrates the fifties at design miami/basel 2015

at design miami/basel 2015, milan-based nilufar gallery celebrates the fifties — a golden age in the history of design. masterpieces by gio ponti, ... «Designboom, Jun 15»