eighties

eight·y

E0060600 (ā′tē)n. pl. eight·ies 1. The cardinal number equal to 8 × 10.2. eightiesa. 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.

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[Middle English eighti, from Old English eahtatig; see oktō(u) in Indo-European roots.]

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eight′y adj. & pron.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eighties - the decade from 1880 to 18891880sdecade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
	2.	eighties - the decade from 1980 to 1989 1980sdecade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
	3.	eighties - the time of life between 80 and 90 mid-eightiestime of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life stateeld, 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"

Translations

一个世纪中的八十年代八十到九十岁八十至九十度之间的温度

eighty

(ˈeiti) noun1. the number or figure 80. 八十 八十2. the age of 80. 八十歲 八十岁 adjective1. 80 in number. 八十個(人或物) 八十的2. aged 80. 八十歲的 八十岁ˈeighties noun plural1. the period of time between one's eightieth and ninetieth birthdays. He is in his eighties. 八九十歲 八十到九十岁2. the range of temperatures between eighty and ninety degrees. It was in the eighties yesterday. 八九十度之間的溫度 八十至九十度之间的温度3. the period of time between the eightieth and ninetieth years of a century. life in the 'eighties/'80s. 八十年代 一个世纪中的八十年代ˈeightieth noun1. one of eighty equal parts. eleven eightieths. 八十分之一 八十分之一2. (also adjective) (the) last of eighty (people, things etc); (the) next after the seventy-ninth. 第八十 第八十eighty- having eighty. an eighty-page book. 八十…(前綴) 八十…（前缀） ˈeighty-year-old nouna lively eighty-year-old. 八十歲的人 八十岁 adjectivean eighty-year-old widow. 八十歲的 八十岁的