eighty

After seventy-nine comes

Eighty is the cardinal number between seventy-nine and eighty-one, equal to eight tens.

She lived to be eighty years old.

The eighties refers to the decade from 1980 to 1989, or to temperatures or ages in that range: The heat wave kept us in the eighties all week.

number

numeral

Symbol denoting quantity

  • digitSingle numeric character
  • integerNumber lacking fractions
  • evenUniform and level

multiple · cardinal · figure · count · quantity · sum · total · decimal · arithmetic · calculation

milestone

birthday

Annual date of origin

celebration · landmark · achievement · benchmark · commemoration · longevity · centenarian · milestone

era

1980s

Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade

vintage · Reagan · Thatcher · synth · MTV · disco · yuppie

cricket

runs

Moves fast on foot

partnership · century · boundary · wickets · overs · batsman · scorecard

speed

mph

Velocity unit abbreviation

freeway · motorway · cruise · autobahn · interstate

Categories
Opposites
age/life stage

eightytwenty

Two times ten

zero · one · newborn · infant · young

numerical magnitude

eightyzero

Numerical absence of quantity

one · nothing · few · single

Phrases
Family

eight, eighteen, eighth, eighteenth, eighths, eightieth, eighties, figure eight, eightfold

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G