Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: eighty
IPA transcription: ['eɪti]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: eighty, 80, lxxx, fourscore
    Meaning: being ten more than seventy
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: eighty, 80, LXXX, fourscore
    Meaning: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
Usage examples
  • Eighty francs, Mr. Inspector."
  • My father came there when he was eighty years of age.
  • Some typists can do eighty, but my fingers are too old for that.
  • She saved twenty cents for car fare and spent eighty cents for lunch.
  • They offer, however, a hundred and eighty thousand for a very small portion of them.
  • An abyss six feet broad and eighty feet deep separated them from the surrounding wall.
  • He hired a guide and went hunting, eighty miles beyond the last outpost of civilization.
  • But fresh trouble was averted by the death of the poor old dame at the age of nearly eighty.
  • They were married in April and his office was ready in May, complete with a staff of eighty.
  • It's eighty versts to the railway and the train starts for Moscow at seven o'clock to-night.