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eighty
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eighty
(noun)
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eighty
/
ˈ
eɪti/
noun
plural
eighties
eighty
/
ˈ
eɪti/
noun
plural
eighties
Learner's definition of EIGHTY
1
[
count
]
:
the number 80
2
eighties
[
plural
]
a
:
the numbers ranging from 80 to 89
The temperature rose to the high
eighties
.
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b
:
a set of years ending in digits ranging from 80 to 89
She is in her mid-
eighties
.
a television show from the (nineteen)
eighties
[=from 1980–1989]
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— eightieth
/
ˈ
eɪtijəθ/
noun
,
plural
eightieths
[
count
]
one
eightieth
of the total
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— eightieth
adjective
the
eightieth
day
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— eighty
adjective
eighty
days
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— eighty
pronoun
Eighty
(of them) were rejected.
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