plural eighties
1
: a number that is equal to eight times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
eighties plural
: the numbers 80 to 89
specifically
: the years 80 to 89 in a lifetime or century
Examples of eighty in a Sentence
The temperature rose to the high eighties.
She is in her mid-eighties.
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Sydney in the eighties was sometimes called the San Francisco of the Southern Hemisphere, known for its drag clubs and bathhouses dotting a downtown strip nicknamed the Golden Mile.
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Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Part of the environmental movement in the seventies and eighties was that these water bodies, Santa Monica Bay was too polluted to swim in.
—Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
In the eighties, the number of climbers to complete all of the Colorado 14ers increased to 30-plus a year.
—Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
In fact, one in five billionaires is already in their eighties and nineties, according to an analysis by Forbes.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2025
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Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Part of the environmental movement in the seventies and eighties was that these water bodies, Santa Monica Bay was too polluted to swim in.
—Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
In the eighties, the number of climbers to complete all of the Colorado 14ers increased to 30-plus a year.
—Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
In fact, one in five billionaires is already in their eighties and nineties, according to an analysis by Forbes.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Eighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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