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.
Recent Examples on the Web
In the eighties, Petro was a member of the M-19, urban insurgents who caught the world’s attention by taking the American Ambassador and more than a dozen other foreign diplomats hostage for two months.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 15 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
Luttrell presented multiple issues of the church newsletter, The Carillon, containing articles from the 1960s, seventies and eighties, highlighting the success of Lorch and the Riverside Hawks teams.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Luttrell presented multiple issues of the church newsletter, The Carillon, containing articles from the 1960s, seventies, and eighties, highlighting the success of Lorch and the Riverside Hawks teams.
—Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Eighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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