Word: Eighty

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪtɪ/

Definitions

• Numeral: The cardinal number that is the product of seven and ten; 80. For example: “We have eighty students in our class.”

Examples

• Numeral: “The temperature rose to eighty degrees Fahrenheit today.”
• “She celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday with family and friends.”

Phrases

• “In one’s eighties”: Refers to a person being between the age of 80 and 89. Example: “She still goes jogging every day despite being in her eighties.”
• “Eighty-eight keys”: This phrase typically refers to the total number of keys on a standard piano keyboard.

Example Sentences

• Numeral: “There were eighty guests at the wedding reception.”
• “They completed eighty laps around the track during their training session.”

Synonyms

• 80
• Eighty (numeral form)
• Eighty can be expressed in numerical forms such as “eighty-one”, “eighty-two”, etc., or as part of compound numbers like “eighty-five”, “eighty-six”, etc.

Note: As a numeral, ‘eighty’ does not have direct synonyms in the sense that other words can replace it to mean exactly eighty. However, when used in expressions related to quantity or age, terms like “a score” (meaning twenty) could be used to describe four scores (i.e., eighty), although this usage is less common in contemporary English.