eighty
pronunciation
How to pronounce eighty in British English:
UK [ˈeɪti]
How to pronounce eighty in American English:
US [ˈeɪti]
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- Noun:
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
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- Adjective:
- being ten more than seventy
Word Origin
- eighty (n.)
- eigteti (late 13c.), from eight + -ty (1). Replacing Old English hundeahtatig, with hund- "ten." Related: Eightieth.
Example
- 1. Eighty per cent of gallstones are cholesterol-related .
- 2. Eighty percent of your effectiveness comes from 20 percent of your activities .
- 3. Moses was eighty years old and aaron eighty-three when they spoke to pharaoh .
- 4. Eighty percent of the girls said their fathers did not live with them .
- 5. Eighty per cent of the world will have gay marriage ( paul )