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eighty-eight

eighty-eight

5 1.0
The number after eighty-seven and before eighty-nine
  • numeral
  • /ˈeɪtiˌeɪt/
translation icon : ochenta y ocho
  • A piano's only got eighty-eight keys, you know.
  • eighty-eight percent
  • eighty-eight members
  • eighty-eight teachers

Examples

  • The Tribal Council consists of eighty-eight members, also elected to four-year terms.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Two hundred teachers were asked to participate in the study, and eighty-eight teachers participated in this study by returning surveys.

    Academic text (2006)
  • A total of eighty-eight students took part in the survey.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In addition to these fifteen species, John discovered that eighty-eight other species are now extremely rare or local.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Eighty-eight percent of the treatment group fully completed their treatment contracts, thus confirming the first hypothesis.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Eighty-eight percent replied that bullying was a minor problem in their school.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Eighty-eight girls at a high school in the Intermountain West were the participants in this study.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The result is a total of eighty-eight constellations that all astronomers today accept by international agreement.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Eighty-eight percent of the requests were from domestic growers; the rest were from foreign countries," says Pederson.

    Academic text (2003)
  • My grandfather lived to be eighty-eight, which gave us many cherished memories.

Synonyms

lxxxviii
vseighty-eight
9.9

A Roman numeral that stands for the number 88

is written as words or digits instead of Roman numeral symbols

Surface Forms

eighty-eight cardinal word
88 cardinal digit

Morphology

eighty-eight = eighty + eight (transparent) = eighty + eight

The number is a direct combination of 'eighty' (80) and 'eight' (8) yielding 88; this is fully compositional and obvious to learners.

Etymology

Eighty-eight is a simple number name made from eighty ('eight tens') and eight ('8'), so it literally means 80 + 8 = 88. Think of a piano's 88 keys to remember the number.