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MID-FIFTIES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mid-fifties mean?
• MID-FIFTIES (noun)
The noun MID-FIFTIES has 1 sense:
1. the time of life between 50 and 60
Familiarity information: MID-FIFTIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life between 50 and 60
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
fifties; mid-fifties
Hypernyms ("mid-fifties" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("mid-fifties" is a part of...):
adulthood; maturity (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)
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