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eighty Definition

eighty (ātē)

adjective

eight times ten

Etymology: ME eighteti < OE (hund)eahtatig: see eight & -ty

noun pl. eight·ies

the cardinal number between seventy-nine and eighty-one; 80; LXXX

eighty Idioms

the eighties

the numbers or years, as of a century, from eighty through eighty-nine

eighty Usage Examples

Possessives

  • band: The vocals are reminiscent of several eighties ' neo-prog bands, but the instrumentation mostly belies this.

Converse of object

  • remember: Remember The Eighties A brand new UK-based email newsletter and website dedicated to all things eighties!
  • have: The first, instant problem is that for a series set in 2027 it has an overall eighties feel.
  • reach: Conditions were very crowded for a long voyage and the lack of proper ventilation made conditions no easier, with temperatures reaching the eighties.
  • think: A: I think the early eighties, I can't remember, either '81, '82.
  • feel: For a film set in the early Sixties, it feels awfully Eighties.
  • look: All the ground the FBI had made through the Eighties looked like being lost.

Adjective modifier

  • mid: The frame was originally acquired by John, in the mid eighties, from a Mr Taylor, living at the time near Carlisle.
  • seventies/early: Related pages about Coventry Music Scene in the late seventies/early eighties.
  • early: In the early Eighties, Mark took up stand-up comedy.
  • late: By the mid to late eighties I had played in almost every major club in NY.
  • high: With temperatures in the high eighties, work has progressed well.
  • classic: The sound is classic eighties energetic rock and is reminiscent of the many bands of this type that were around at the time.

Modifies a noun

  • synth: Part I An eighties synth band, bare-chested Germans and a girl rocker in black leather.
  • horror: A new friend of mine is trying to track down a copy of the late eighties horror movie Parents.
  • band: Entertainment was provided by Now 80s ( an eighties tribute band ).
  • music: I think in the early eighties music was really good, I thought like most decades it tailed off at the end.
  • style: I was struck by their amazing, heavier eighties style of rock.
eighty Quotes

In a dream you are never eighty.

—Sexton, Anne ne¤  e Harvey

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