eighty

Speech parts

1. eighty - Noun

2. eighty - Adjective

3. eighty - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Eight times ten; fourscore.

The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.

A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.

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Examples

Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior? Polycarp

Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. Jackie Mason

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all. Baltasar Gracián

A man may die old at thirty and young at eighty. English Proverb

One may study calligraphy at eighty. Japanese Proverb

At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing. Spanish Proverb

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