eighty

/ˈeɪti/
number
  1. The number 80; the cardinal number after seventy-nine and before eighty-one.
    • The temperature reached eighty degrees Fahrenheit today.
    • There are eighty pages in this booklet.
    • My grandmother is eighty years old and still very active.
noun
  1. The decade of the 1980s (often plural: the eighties).
    • Fashion in the eighties included big hair and bright colors.
    • She was born in the early eighties.
    • Music from the eighties is still popular at parties.
  2. A set of eighty people or things.
    • He scored an eighty on the test.
    • The bus can carry eighty passengers.
    • We need to order eighty chairs for the event.
adjective
  1. Being eighty in number; amounting to eighty.
    • She saved eighty dollars from her allowance.
    • The eighty-year-old building was finally renovated.
    • The eighty students filled the auditorium.