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half-century

n pl -ies

1. a period of 50 years during the past half-century

2.

a.  a score or grouping of 50 a half-century of points

b.  (as modifier) as I near the half-century mark

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

half-century - a period of 50 years period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" century - a period of 100 years

Translations

half-century [hɑːfˈsentjʊrɪ] N (Cricket) → cincuenta tantos mpl