eighty-eight
Use Eighty-eight in a sentence
tiˈeɪt noun
1.
a cardinal number, 80 plus 8.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 88 or LXXXVIII.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
4.
Slang. the keys of a piano or the piano itself: tickle the old eighty-eight.
adjective
5.
amounting to 88 in number.
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| eighty-eight | |
adjective | |
| being eight more than eighty |
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Example sentences
It said the funds made an annual return of eighty-eight per cent, which means they almost doubled their money every year.
Eighty-eight concrete steps led to the mansion, all but invisible behind a screen of trees and overgrown gardens.
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