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eight·y
(ā′tē)n. pl. eight·ies
1. The cardinal number equal to 8 × 10.
2. eighties
a. A decade or the numbers from 80 to 89: They were still active in their eighties. Before noon, the temperature shot into the eighties.
b. often Eighties The decade from 80 to 89 in a century.
eight′y adj. & pron.
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Noun | 1. | eighties - the decade from 1880 to 1889 |
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3. | ![]() time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state eld, geezerhood, old age, years, age - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood" |
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eighty
(ˈeiti) noun1. the number or figure 80. ochenta
2. the age of 80. ochenta años
adjective1. 80 in number. ochenta
2. aged 80. de ochenta años
ˈeighties noun plural1. the period of time between one's eightieth and ninetieth birthdays. He is in his eighties. entre ochenta y noventa años, tener ochenta y tantos años
2. the range of temperatures between eighty and ninety degrees. It was in the eighties yesterday. entre ochenta y noventa grados (Fahrenheit)
3. the period of time between the eightieth and ninetieth years of a century. life in the 'eighties/'80s.los años ochenta
ˈeightieth noun1. one of eighty equal parts. eleven eightieths.octogésimo
2. (also adjective) (the) last of eighty (people, things etc); (the) next after the seventy-ninth. octogésimo
eighty- having eighty. an eighty-page book. de ochenta
ˈeighty-year-old nouna lively eighty-year-old.octogenario
adjectivean eighty-year-old widow.octogenario
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