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eighty

[ ey-tee ]

noun

, plural eight·ies.
  1. a cardinal number, ten times eight.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 80 or LXXX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. eighties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 80 through 89, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature.


adjective

  1. amounting to 80 in number.

eighty

/ ˈeɪtɪ /

noun

  1. See number
    the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight See also number
  2. a numeral, 80, LXXX, etc, representing this number
  3. plural the numbers 80–89, esp a person's age or the year of a particular century
  4. the amount or quantity that is eight times as big as ten
  5. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 80 units


determiner

    1. amounting to eighty

      eighty pages of nonsense

    2. ( as pronoun )

      eighty are expected

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eighty1

before 850; Middle English eighteti, Old English eahtatig. See eight, -ty 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eighty1

Old English eahtatig; related to Old Frisian achtig, Old High German ahtozug

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Example Sentences

The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.

For the first year and a half of operation, they bottled only eighty cases per day, manually.

“I will feel some justice has been done,” said White, now eighty-eight.

Eighty-four people were arrested and more than 30 people were treated for injuries, with scores more hurt but not treated.

Eighty percent of these abortion clinics in Texas are going to be basically out of business because of this new law.

It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.

So, small as his force was, only one hundred and eighty, he determined to move out and attack Porter without delay.

On the evening of September 17th he sent away his advance guard of two thousand men in eighty small boats.

They led me to the largest wigwam of all; it contained fully eighty people.

The ship has anchored in the province of Ylocos, eighty leguas from here, as the weather does not permit it to come to this port.

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