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eighty
number
Nineteen Eighty-Four
David Niven
George Orwell
Definition of
eighty number
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
eighty
number
ˈeɪti
ˈeɪti
1
80
2
noun
the eighties
[
plural
]
numbers, years or temperatures from 80 to 89
eightieth
ˈeɪtiəθ
ˈeɪtiəθ
ordinal number
,
noun
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fifth
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Idioms
in your eighties
between the ages of 80 and 89