eighty
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.
amounting to 80 in number.
Origin of eighty
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How to use eighty in a sentence
The eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the first year and a half of operation, they bottled only eighty cases per day, manually.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I will feel some justice has been done,” said White, now eighty-eight.
eighty-four people were arrested and more than 30 people were treated for injuries, with scores more hurt but not treated.
FinnaRage Wants You to Rage at Its Parties. So What if It Ends Up a Riot? | Melanie Plenda | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTeighty percent of these abortion clinics in Texas are going to be basically out of business because of this new law.
It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftSo, small as his force was, only one hundred and eighty, he determined to move out and attack Porter without delay.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnOn the evening of September 17th he sent away his advance guard of two thousand men in eighty small boats.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThey led me to the largest wigwam of all; it contained fully eighty people.
The ship has anchored in the province of Ylocos, eighty leguas from here, as the weather does not permit it to come to this port.
British Dictionary definitions for eighty
/ (ˈeɪtɪ) /
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight: See 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
amounting to eighty: eighty pages of nonsense
(as pronoun): eighty are expected
Origin of eighty
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