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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During the nineteen-eighties and nineties, residents of Nome and Russian citizens engaged in a period of trans-strait friendship and exchange.
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The jury heard similar testimony from the current Riverside Hawks program director, Anthony Hargreaves, who played for the church in the late 1970s and early eighties.
—Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
The British rock band enjoyed one of the greatest runs ever in the seventies, eighties, and nineties, and though the group hasn’t delivered a new full-length in decades, Queen’s songs and albums regularly continue to rank as top sellers in many major markets.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
After Hours is slick, showy, cinematic, explicit about its eighties inspirations—new wave, electropop, R&B—and its pure pop aspirations.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The jury heard similar testimony from the current Riverside Hawks program director, Anthony Hargreaves, who played for the church in the late 1970s and early eighties.
—Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
The British rock band enjoyed one of the greatest runs ever in the seventies, eighties, and nineties, and though the group hasn’t delivered a new full-length in decades, Queen’s songs and albums regularly continue to rank as top sellers in many major markets.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
After Hours is slick, showy, cinematic, explicit about its eighties inspirations—new wave, electropop, R&B—and its pure pop aspirations.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Eighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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