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eighty-three

eighty-three

134 1.0
A number equal to eighty plus three
  • numeral
  • /ˈeɪti θri/
: ochenta y tres
  • There were eighty-three participants in the marathon this year.
  • eighty-three percent
  • eighty-three years
  • eighty-three years old

Examples

  • I saved eighty-three dollars for my vacation next month.

  • At the time of Trump's election, Justice Ginsburg was eighty-three, Kennedy was eighty, and Breyer was seventy-eight.

    Academic text (2017)
  • - Eighty-three miles an hour.

  • I can close my eyes and eighty-three years melt like so much April snow in the afternoon sun.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • "Consequently, though I'm nearly eighty-three years young, I still look no older than when last we met."

    Fiction book (1998)
  • And don't try to tell me that an eighty-three-year-old man could stop you from making a phone call.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Eighty-three policemen wanted to talk to me.

  • Remember, she's eighty-three, and her ways will be different from ours.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • By the time her tenure was up, the organization had grown to eighty-three branches in twenty-eight states and territories.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Andrew Sarris, who died today at the age of eighty-three, is the one indispensable American film critic.

    Blog text (1)

Synonyms

LXXXIII
vseighty-three
1 9.8

A Roman numeral for 83

is the same quantity shown in standard numeric form rather than Roman numerals

Surface Forms

eighty-three cardinal word
83 cardinal digit
eighty three cardinal word

Morphology

eighty-three = eighty + three (transparent) = eighty + three

The meaning is directly composed from the two number words; learners who know 'eighty' and 'three' can derive 'eighty-three'.

Etymology

The word eighty-three is made from eighty and three. The eighty part comes from an old English word for eight plus the ending -ty that means 'groups of ten', so eighty-three means 'eighty and three more', or 80 + 3.