eighty-six
- adjective
- /ˈeɪti sɪks/
- Megan Augusta Turner is now eighty-six years old and lives in a nursing home in the Bronx.
- eighty-six percent
- eighty-six hundred
- eighty-six students
Examples
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As we braked at the four-way, the bank thermometer showed eighty-six degrees.
Fiction book (1993) -
In Croatia on July 21st, 2008, Dinko Sakic died at the age of eighty-six.
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I think Japan is ninety-five percent, but Germany is not far behind with eighty-six percent.
Academic text (1997) -
Eighty-six hundred of these are teachers, 50% of whom have master's degrees or beyond.
Academic text (1990) -
To the best of Cady's knowledge, her eighty-six-year-old aunt had swum almost every day of her adult life.
Fiction book (2001) -
After the war, the eighty-six-year-old Hamsun was considered a traitor and was prosecuted before the High Court.
Academic text (1999) -
Eighty-six percent of respondents indicated that CDC/NIH guidelines were used in the development of policies.
Academic text (2003) -
Eighty-six introductory psychology students at Ohio University participated to satisfy a course requirement.
Academic text (2002) -
Twenty-four of twenty-eight incumbents (eighty-six percent) seeking reelection retained their seats.
Academic text (2004) -
You have eighty-one titles; eighty-six is the record held by a woman.
Synonyms
A number equal to eighty-six
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eighty-six is simply the number made by joining eighty ('80') and six ('6'), so it literally means 'eighty plus six'.