eighty-four

[ ey-tee-fawr, -fohr ]

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

1. amounting to 84 in number.

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

Over the next three months, The Big Bounce was rejected by eighty-four publishers and film producers.

From The Daily Beast

Eighty-four vets already have transitioned successfully through the program.

From The Daily Beast

Compare Nineteen Eighty-Four, p. 72, ‘If there is hope, wrote Winston, it lies in the proles.’

From The Daily Beast

One hundred eighty-four women clocked in this year, with 18 women running for Senate seats and 166 vying for the House.

From The Daily Beast

On a division the address was carried by a majority of two hundred and eighty-four against two hundred and forty-three.

From Project Gutenberg

On a division it was rejected by a majority of two hundred and seventeen against eighty-four.

From Project Gutenberg

Eighty-four vessels of all sizes had been built in the Colony within eleven years.

From Project Gutenberg

The marquis of Worcester, a man past eighty-four, was the last in England that submitted to the authority of the parliament.

From Project Gutenberg

Precipitation occurred on twenty-seven days, and the average percentage of cloud was eighty-four.

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