Definition of eightieth
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eightieth
[
ey
-tee-ith ]
/ ˈeɪ ti ɪθ /
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adjective
next after the seventy-ninth; being the ordinal number for 80.
being one of 80 equal parts.
noun
an eightieth part, especially of one (1/80).
the eightieth member of a series.
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Origin of
eightieth
eightetithe,
Old English (
hund
)
eahtatigotha
eightieth. See
eighty
,
-th
2
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for
eightieth
He lived to be ninety years old, and produced the most beautiful of his tragedies in his
eightieth
year, the “Oedipus at Colonus.”
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I
|
John Lord
Mlle. Clairon died on January 31, 1803, six days after completing her
eightieth
year.
|
H. Noel Williams
So active did he continue to the end of his days, that on his
eightieth
birthday he climbed an oak in my company.
|
Charles Waterton
Since that date he has lived retired in Hutchinson, where he still makes his home, being now in the
eightieth
year of his age.
Lyman’s History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)
|
William Denison Lyman
None of us are, you know, when we pass the
eightieth
milestone!
|
George Allan England
British Dictionary definitions for
eightieth
eightieth
/ (
ˈeɪtɪɪθ
) /
adjective
(usually prenominal)
being the ordinal number of
eighty
in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 80th
(
as noun
)
the eightieth in succession
noun
one of 80 approximately equal parts of something
(
as modifier
)
an eightieth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 80 (
1
/
80
)
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