fifty-fifty
English
Adverb
fifty-fifty (not comparable)
- In half: in two equal parts, shares, etc.
- I'll handle production, you handle sales, and we'll split profits fifty-fifty.
- 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 281:
- Throughout our discussions and searching inquiries one object figured ever more prominently—the moon. We learned that it was technologically possible to develop a program to reach the moon, and we came to realize that since the Russians did not then have the ability to reach the moon any more than we did, we had at least a fifty-fifty chance of beating them there. Moreover, a moon-landing goal would give a dramatic focus to a space program designed to develop our skills and capacities on a broad technological front.
Translations
in half
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Adjective
fifty-fifty (not comparable)
- Half and half.
- Used to describe 2 possible outcomes as being equally likely
Noun
fifty-fifty (plural fifty-fifties)
- (sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.
- (skateboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty grind; a rail or edge grind, using both trucks to grind along, longitudinally aligned.
- (snowboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide; a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.
French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English fifty-fifty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fif.ti.fif.ti/
Audio (file)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English fifty-fifty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfif.ti ˈfif.ti/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ifti
- Syllabification: fif‧ty-‧fif‧ty
Further reading
- fifty-fifty in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fifty-fifty in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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