Eighty Definition

ātē
eighties
noun
eighties
The cardinal number between seventy-nine and eighty-one; 80; LXXX.
Webster's New World
A decade or the numbers from 80 to 89.
They were still active in their eighties. Before noon, the temperature shot into the eighties.
American Heritage
The decade from 80 to 89 in a century.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Eight times ten.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
the eighties
  • the numbers or years, as of a century, from eighty through eighty-nine
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Eighty

Noun

Singular:
eighty
Plural:
eighties

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Eighty

  • the eighties

Origin of Eighty

  • Middle English eighti from Old English eahtatig oktō(u) in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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