eighty

[US]/'eɪtɪ/
[UK]/ˈeti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

num. The number equivalent to eight tens.
Word Forms
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Phrases & Collocations

eighty years old

eighty percent

eighty dollars

eighty kilometers

Example Sentences

eighty of the nurses fled.

he was over eighty at the time.

He is eighty, but still hale and hearty.

in the eighties of the twentieth century

This hotel has eighty guests.

the relentless chichi of late-eighties dining.

the movers and shakers of the eighties are now cocooning.

a network of eighty transmitters would give nationwide coverage.

At eighty, he is the grand old man of the British film industry.

at a speed of eighty miles an hour

There are scores of people there, maybe eighty or more.

He may be eighty,but he is still lively.

My grandmother’s pushing eighty but she’s as fit as ever.

men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four.

in addition to their own food, they must carry a load of up to eighty pounds.

The foreign friends hope that they can join the celebrations for the university's eighty anniversary.

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