eighties.
The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
Meaning & usage
The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
Only kids born in the eighties remember this song!
The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.
Only folks in their eighties remember this song!
The range between 80 and 89.
No wonder I'm sweating, it's in the eighties!
From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s).
Sue picked a playlist of eighties music for the dinner to remind her wife of that night they met all those years ago.
plural of eighty
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.