eighty

[eight·y]

The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight

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Eight times ten; fourscore.

Noun
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight

Adjective S.
being ten more than seventy


a.
Eight times ten; fourscore.

n.
The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.

n.
A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.


Eighty

Eight"y , a. [AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See Eight, and Ten.] Eight times ten; fourscore.

Eighty

Eight"y, n. 1. The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects. 2. A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.

Eight times ten; fourscore.

The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.

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Usage Examples

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.

Misspelled Form

eighty, weighty, 3eighty, 4eighty, reighty, seighty, deighty, wighty, 3ighty, 4ighty, righty, sighty, dighty, ewighty, e3ighty, e4ighty, erighty, esighty, edighty, euighty, e8ighty, e9ighty, eoighty, ejighty, ekighty, eughty, e8ghty, e9ghty, eoghty, ejghty, ekghty, eiughty, ei8ghty, ei9ghty, eioghty, eijghty, eikghty, eifghty, eitghty, eiyghty, eihghty, eibghty, eivghty, eifhty, eithty, eiyhty, eihhty, eibhty, eivhty, eigfhty, eigthty, eigyhty, eighhty, eigbhty, eigvhty, eigghty, eigyhty, eiguhty, eigjhty, eignhty, eiggty, eigyty, eiguty, eigjty, eignty, eighgty, eighyty, eighuty, eighjty, eighnty, eighrty, eigh5ty, eigh6ty, eighyty, eighgty, eighry, eigh5y, eigh6y, eighyy, eighgy, eightry, eight5y, eight6y, eightyy, eightgy, eightty, eight6y, eight7y, eightuy, eighthy, eightt, eight6, eight7, eightu, eighth, eightyt, eighty6, eighty7, eightyu, eightyh.

Other Usage Examples

We are people with all the hopes, dreams, passions, and faults of everyone else. Eighty percent of us are born into families with no history of dwarfism.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want they choose what they think is safe.

We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans' musicians. It is called the Musicians' Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

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