eighty-four
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tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr noun
1.
a cardinal number, 80 plus 4.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 84 or LXXXIV.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
4.
amounting to 84 in number.
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| eighty-four | |
adjective | |
| being four more than eighty |
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Eighty-four
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
Maxwell, now eighty-four, has been remembering the clothesline for more than half a century.
At the age of eighty-four, he retains an unfaltering command of rhythm and an uncanny sensitivity to orchestral balances.
After eighty-four luckless days a marlin strikes his bait a hundred fathoms below the boat.
The first number has eighty-four pages, and several of the articles are continued.
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