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Uncommoneighties
The correct spelling is eighties.
How to pronounce eighties
noun
Say it like: Ayt-ees
The correct spelling is eighties. The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc. For example: "Sue picked a playlist of eighties music for the dinner to remind her wife of that night they met all those years ago."
Usage Examples
“Sue picked a playlist of eighties music for the dinner to remind her wife of that night they met all those years ago.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
- 2.The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.
- 3.(temperature, rates) The range between 80 and 89.
adjective
- 1.From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s).
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