1780s
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- noun
- The number of artists and viewers at the Place Dauphine increased in the 1780s, thanks in part to the efforts of Labille-Guiard's students.
- the late 1780s
- the early 1780s
Examples
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After all, the 1780s were a time of growing awareness in Spain regarding artistic tradition.
Academic text (1998) -
Marshall Grant and his family have been growing cotton in North Carolina since the 1780s.
Academic text (2003) -
But in the early 1780s...
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However, it was first used in English in the 1780s.
Academic text (2014) -
Other Grand River claims date back to the 1780s.
Academic text (2009) -
Close trade connections to the American republic, developed since the 1780s, continued into the 1930s.
Academic text (1993) -
The policy remained in effect for decades, with a resurgence in the 1780s.
Academic text (1996) -
During the 1780s, Tobago was in decline.
Academic text (2004) -
The invention of the air balloon in the 1780s introduced a mode of travel and vision only previously imagined by poets.
Academic text (2017) -
In the 1780s, many significant political changes occurred in the United States.
Surface Forms
Morphology
1780s = 1780 (transparent) = 1780 + s
Formed by the year '1780' plus the standard plural/decade marker '-s', clearly indicating the decade.
Etymology
1780S names the ten years from 1780 to 1789, and the final s means 'the years of' or 'the decade of' that number. So, talking about the 1780s points to the events, fashion, or people of that time.