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sixties

English

Alternative forms

  • (of the decade) 'sixties

Noun

sixties

  1. plural of sixty

sixties pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)
  2. The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69.
  3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 60 and 69.

Synonyms

  • 1960s, '60s, 60s

Translations

See also

  • sexagenarian

Adjective

sixties (not comparable)

  1. From or evoking the 61st through 70th years of a century (chiefly the 1960s).
    She coughed as she exhaled. Sixties weed had been nowhere near this strong.

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fifties

English

Alternative forms

  • (of the decade) 'fifties

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?ftiz/

Noun

fifties

  1. plural of fifty

fifties pl (plural only)

  1. The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.
  2. The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.
  3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 50 and 59.
    It can't snow tonight; it's forecast to be in the fifties!

Synonyms

  • 1950s, '50s, 50s

Translations

See also

  • quinquagenarian

Adjective

fifties (not comparable)

  1. From or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century (chiefly the 1950s).
    Don't bring ambrosia, this isn't a fifties potluck.

Anagrams

  • Tiffies, iffiest, stiffie

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