fifty-fifty

1. 1.

   equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced

   “even amounts of butter and sugar”

   “on even terms”

   “it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split”

   “had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance”

   “an even fight”

   Synonymseven

   Similarequal

Questions about fifty-fifty

What does fifty-fifty mean?

fifty-fifty means "equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced".

How many syllables are in fifty-fifty?

fifty-fifty has 4 syllables and divides as fif-ty--fif-ty under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.