eighty
ˈeɪti
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Definition of eighty - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

numerical valueequal to the number 80
  • She scored eighty points in the game.
fourscore

Noun, plural

1.
maththe cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
  • Eighty is a round number.
2.
age or temperaturethe numbers from 80 to 89
  • My grandmother just celebrated her eighty with a big family party.
octogenarian
3.
timethe decade from 1980 to 1989
  • In the eighty, pop videos dominated Saturday-morning TV.
eighties
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Expressions with eighty

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the number following one hundred seventy-nine
One hundred eighty is an even number.
being eight more than eighty
The eighty-eight keys of the piano were polished.
cardinal number after eighty before eighty-two
She scored eighty-one in the test.
being seven more than eighty
The eighty-seven students attended the lecture.
person or thing in position number 81 in a sequence
She finished as the eighty-first in the race.
being three more than eighty
She scored eighty-three points in the game.

Origin of eighty

Old English, eahta (eight) + -tig (group of ten)

Terms with eighty included in their meaning

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mathematics
the number following one hundred eighty-nine
80HDabbr.
abr: eighty-gigabyte hard disk
hard disk with eighty gigabytes of storage
fraction
one of eighty equal parts of a whole
numbers
group or set of eighty items
lifespan
full-length life of eighty years
LXXXoth.
number
roman numeral for the number eighty
science
describing temperatures on an old French scale with eighty-degree water range
quantity
being eight more than eighty

Examples of eighty in a sentence

  • Eighty students attended the lecture.
  • Eighty comes after seventy-nine.
  • The answer was eighty.
  • The temperature soared into the eighties.
  • She celebrated her eightieth birthday last week.
  • Fashion in the eighties was bold and colorful.

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  1. French:quatre-vingts, les années 80, ...
  2. German:achtzig, Achtzig, ...
  3. Italian:ottanta, gli anni ottanta, ...
  4. Spanish:ochenta, la década de los ochenta, ...
  5. Portuguese:oitenta, anos oitenta, ...
  6. Chinese:八十, 八十多, ...
  7. Japanese:80の, 八十, ...
  8. Arabic:ثَمَانُون, ثَمانون, ...
  9. Hebrew:שְׁמוֹנִים, שְׁנוֹת הַשְּׁמוֹנִים, ...
  10. Russian:восемьдесят, восьмидесятые, ...
  11. Ukrainian:вісімдесят, вісімдесятки, ...
  12. Hindi:अस्सी, अस्सी की संख्या, ...
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