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AYT-ee/ˈeɪti/

The number 80 is eighty: eight + y. Eighty pages / eighty pounds. Eighteen is 18. In the eighties means the years or your age in that decade.

Meaning

The number 80.

Examples

• “There are eighty pages.”
• “The film is eighty minutes long.”
• “Grandad is eighty next week.”

Good to know

80. Contrast: eighteen (18). In the eighties.

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