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half-century

noun

Meaning

  1. A period of fifty years, half of a century.
  2. A score of 50 runs by a single batsman
  3. A score of 50 points in a single game.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

century(English)twenty-first(English)half(English)fifty(English)semicentury(English)quarter-century(English)jubilee(English)quincentennium(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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