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eighties.

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

    plural · plural-only
    Only kids born in the eighties remember this song!
  2. The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.

    plural · plural-only
    Only folks in their eighties remember this song!
  3. The range between 80 and 89.

    plural · plural-only
    No wonder I'm sweating, it's in the eighties!
adj
  1. From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s).

    not-comparable
    Sue picked a playlist of eighties music for the dinner to remind her wife of that night they met all those years ago.
noun
  1. plural of eighty

    form-of · plural
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