1950s

Noun

Meaning

the decade from 1950 to 1959

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fifties golden age space age Atomic Age 50s mid-century 1950's '50s the 50s the 1950s nineteen fifties baby boomer era eisenhower era post-war era rock and roll era
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Hypernyms

decade decennary decennium

Phrases with the word

the 1950s 1950s fashion enthusiast

Examples

1950s and 1960s During the 1940s, many African Americans migrated to Berkeley. Source: Internet

1950s and E.J. Whitten Footscray player line-up at the unfurling of 1954 premiership flag In this period, Footscray failed to win in finals, losing six first semis between 1938 and 1951. Source: Internet

1950s blues players The harmonica made its way with the blues and black migrants to the north, mainly to Chicago but also Detroit, St. Louis, and New York. Source: Internet

1950s and 1960s Aaron Copland in 1962 from a television special In 1950, Copland received a U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission scholarship to study in Rome, which he did the following year. Source: Internet

1950s By the end of the war, TVA had completed a 650-mile (1050-kilometer) navigation channel the length of the Tennessee River and had become the nation's largest electricity supplier. Source: Internet

1950s: heavy industrialization In the late 1950s, Slovenia was the first of the Yugoslav republics to begin a process of relative pluralization. Source: Internet