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eighty
[ey-tee]
noun
plural
eightiesa 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.
adjective
amounting to 80 in number.
eighty
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight See also number
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
determiner
amounting to eighty
eighty pages of nonsense
( as pronoun )
eighty are expected
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of eighty1
Example Sentences
The mother-of-three, from London, said the situation was a strain on her elderly parents, particularly when her father, who is in his eighties, should be recuperating.
But eighty years on, and despite confident pronouncements by Russian officials, victory eludes Moscow in Ukraine.
When asked why he would want to stay in Washington well into his eighties, Trump said, "I like working."
The president has teased the possibility of ignoring the 22nd Amendment and remaining the face of the GOP well into his eighties, saying on Sunday that he "likes working."
Now in his eighties, Mr Prewer looks back on those years with pride.
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When To Use
The word eighty (80) is hard to spell for two reasons. First, it is not spelled the way it sounds [ ey-tee ]. Second, it is tempting to use a double t because the base word (eight) ends in a t and the suffix -ty begins with one. How to spell eighty: To spell eighty, you start by correctly spelling the first syllable [ ey ]. The easiest way to remember how to spell eigh- is with the classic mnemonic device: “I before E, except after C, except when it’s pronounced like a long A, as in neighbor and weigh.” The collection of letters eigh often makes a long A sound [ ey ].
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