eighties
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- noun
- /ˈeɪtiːz/
:
los años ochenta
- - You brought your cell phone from the eighties.
- early eighties
- late eighties
- middle of the eighties
Examples
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By the middle of the eighties, Edel had published three more important works.
Academic text (1997) -
This is the eighties.
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A Walter Hill movie comes out in the early eighties called Streets of Fire.
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So we saw in the seventies and eighties a real crisis in the family.
Academic text (1994) -
Judging by the recent playlist of eighties love songs, I'd say it's going pretty well.
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Of course, part of it was the eighties mentality of consumerism: shopping as a way of life.
Fiction book (1994) -
The current report accounts for the decade of the eighties and compares that decade to the period 1951-80.
Academic text (1994) -
In addition, during the eighties, there was little distinction in improvement proportions between inside and outside successions.
Academic text (1994) -
LUCKY 108-FM, THE TRISTATE HOME OF CLASSIC ROCK FROM THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES, AND EIGHTIES.
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Many popular fashion trends from the eighties are making a comeback today.
Compounds
How Old
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eighties is formed from the number eight plus the ending -ies, and it names the ten years from '80' to '89' in any century. So, when people talk about the eighties they mean that specific decade with its music, fashion, or events.