eighty-five

American  

[ey-tee-fahyv] / ˈeɪ tiˈfaɪv /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 5.

2. a symbol for this number, as 85 or LXXXV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 85 in number.

Example Sentences

The eighty-five year-old woman was freed by Hamas two weeks later.

From BBC

Unremarkables don’t know that eighty-five percent of their household problems are the result of haints, demons, ghouls, and other Remarkable creatures.

From Literature

People eighty-five and older are "the fastest growing segment of the US population."

From Salon

The optimistic part is that he also predicted that science will continue to find ways to keep us healthy longer, so that more and more of those eighty-five years will be spent in good health.

From Salon

If it happens December 17, he wins eighty-five bucks.

From Literature