eighty-third

American  

[ey-tee-thurd] / ˈeɪ tiˈθɜrd /

adjective

1. next after the eighty-second; being the ordinal number for 83.

2. being one of 83 equal parts.

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noun

1. an eighty-third part, especially of one (1/83).

2. the eighty-third member of a series.

Example Sentences

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eighty-third

Yet, beginning in his eighty-third year, he struck one more lode in the story of Donald Hall.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 31, 2018

I watched the semifinal—curled on the floor and wracked with hope—and I swear that Mandžukić didn’t touch the ball until the eighty-third minute.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2018

Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, until Barack Obama brought her on as Attorney General, in 2015, making her the eighty-third person and the first African-American woman in the post.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 19, 2017

It was in relation to a cutaneous trouble which vexed him for some fourteen years, and broke out afresh when he was in his eighty-third year.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

I examined all my hives on the eighty-third day, and on the ninetieth day I found four swarms dead.

From A Manual or an Easy Method of Managing Bees by Weeks, John M. (John Moseley)