fifty

«fifty» in Mova's school dictionary: the number 50, five tens — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

number (fifty, 50)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fifty is the number 50, five tens. tree →

2) Fifty is half of a hundred. tree →

3) «Fifty-fifty» means half and half, or an equal chance. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a number of things counted; half of 100; 50 percent is a half; money: fifty cents, a fifty-dollar bill; chance: fifty-fifty; geography: the USA has fifty states

examples

• She has fifty marbles. tree →
• Fifty people came to the show. tree →
• A fifty-dollar bill. tree →
• Fifty minus ten is forty. tree →
• The USA has fifty states. tree →
• Fifty is half of a hundred. tree →
• We split the cost fifty-fifty. tree →
• Fifty cents is half a dollar. tree →
• Here are fifty talers for you. tree →

note

A number written as a word: 50. Trap: do not mix up fifty (50) and fifteen (15). Fifty percent = one half.

In the corpora

• And again he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fifty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.