eighty
[ ey-tee ]
/ ˈeɪ ti /
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noun, plural eight·ies.
a cardinal number, ten times eight.
a symbol for this number, as 80 or LXXX.
a set of this many persons or things.
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
amounting to 80 in number.
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British Dictionary definitions for eighty
eighty
/ (ˈeɪtɪ) /
noun plural -ies
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eightSee also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 80, LXXX, etc, representing this number
(plural) the numbers 80–89, esp a person's age or the year of a particular century
the amount or quantity that is eight times as big as ten
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 80 units
determiner
- amounting to eightyeighty pages of nonsense
- (as pronoun)eighty are expected
Word Origin for eighty
Old English eahtatig; related to Old Frisian achtig, Old High German ahtozug
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Word Origin and History for eighty
eighty
eigteti (late 13c.), from eight + -ty (1). Replacing Old English hundeahtatig, with hund- "ten." Related: Eightieth.
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