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eighties
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noun Eighties · 'eighties
- plural of eighty
noun Eighties · 'eighties
- 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!
adjective Eighties · '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.
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Closest in meaning: mid-eighties, onwards, seventies, nineties, twenties, fifties, zeros, forties, tens, teens, zeroes, sixties, mideighties, oughties, two thousands, aughts
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noun the decade of the 1980s
| Español | años 80 |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 팔십년대 palsimnyeondae, 80년대 palsimnyeondae |
| 日本語 | 八十年代 hachijū-nendai, 80年代 hachijū-nendai |
| 中文 | 八十年代 bāshí niándài, 80年代 bāshí niándài |
| Português | anos 80 |
| Français | années quatre-vingt, années 80 |
| Deutsch | achtziger Jahre, Achtzigerjahre, Achtziger, neunzehnhundertachtziger Jahre, 1980er |
| Italiano | anni ottanta |
| Русский | 80-ые 80-yje, 1980-ые го́ды 1980-yje gódy |
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title = {eighties},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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