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eighty-four

eighty-four

9 1.0
A number equal to eighty plus four
  • numeral
  • /ˈeɪti fɔr/
translation icon : ochenta y cuatro
  • Eighty-four prints were collected from country representatives and members of PSA's International Affairs Committee.
  • eighty-four percent
  • age of eighty-four
  • eighty-four years

Examples

  • Eighty-four women took part in focus groups and/or individual interviews in India and Canada.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Atlanta was perhaps the most inhospitable city, with games drawing only eighty-four paying customers.

    Academic text (2014)
  • His mother was ailing; she was eighty-four and did not know Sarah was dead.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • "I got lots of time." "Ma, you're eighty-four years old."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • A sign alternating with the time and temperature announced that the temperature was eighty-four degrees.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Cronin stated that all of the surgeries took eighty-four minutes.

    Academic text (2014)
  • There were some eighty-four thousand sutras, each of which elucidated different aspects of his wisdom.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • In 2013, the new GHS Research Center served a record eighty-four thousand researchers from forty-three states, the District of Columbia, and eleven foreign countries.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The forty-six schools accounted for eighty-four sixth-grade classrooms enrolling 1,694 sixth-grade students.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Seven twelves is eighty-four.

Synonyms

lxxxiv
vseighty-four
9.6

A Roman numeral that means eighty-four

is the identical numerical quantity expressed in words for normal writing

Surface Forms

eighty-four cardinal word
84 cardinal digit
eighty four cardinal word

Morphology

eighty-four = eighty + four (transparent) = eighty + four

Numeral compounds like 'eighty-four' are directly built from the numbers 'eighty' and 'four', so the meaning is immediately derivable.

Etymology

The word eighty-four is made from eighty, which means 'eight tens', and four, which means '4', so it simply means 'four more than eighty'.