Eightieth definition and meaning

Eightieth definition: The eightieth item in a series is the one that you count as number eighty. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Definition of ’eightieth’

Word Frequency


eightieth


(





tiəθ



)


ordinal number

The

eightieth


item

in a

series

is the one that you count as number eighty.


Mr Stevens recently celebrated his eightieth birthday.


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eightieth

Word Frequency


eightieth


in British English


(


ˈeɪtɪɪθ



)


adjective


1.



(

usually prenominal

)


a.

being the

ordinal

number of

eighty

in

numbering

or

counting

order, position, time, etc: often

written

80th


b.

(

as

noun


)
the eightieth in succession


noun


2.


a.

one of 80

approximately


equal

parts of something


b.

(

as modifier

)
an eightieth part


3.

the

fraction

equal to one

divided

by 80 (

1



80

)

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Word Frequency


eightieth


in American English


(


ˈeɪtiɪθ



)


adjective


1.


preceded

by seventy-nine others in a series; 80th


2.


designating

any of the eighty equal parts of something


noun


3.

the one

following

the seventy-ninth


4.

any one of the eighty equal parts of something;

1



80


adverb


5.

in the eightieth place,

rank

, group, etc.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin

ME

eightetithe

: see

eighty

&

-th

2

Examples of ‘eightieth’ in a sentence

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“For my

Aunt

Gertrude ‘ s eightieth ,” he

told

the

second

one in a

store

at

El


Con

.


J.A. Jance


KISS OF THE BEES



(

2001

)

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In other languages

eightieth


British English

:


eightieth


ADJECTIVE

/

ˈeɪtɪəθ

/

The

eightieth

item in a series is the one that you count as number eighty.
He recently celebrated his eightieth birthday.


American English

:


eightieth


ˈeɪtiəθ

/


Brazilian Portuguese

:

octagésimo


Chinese

:

第十八个的


European Spanish

:


octogésimo


French

:

quatre-vingtième


German

:

achtzigste


Italian

:


ottantesimo


Japanese

:

80番目の


Korean

:

80번째


European Portuguese

:


octogésimo


Latin American Spanish

:


octogésimo


Thai

:

ที่แปดสิบ


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