"80s" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: '80s [alternative], 80's [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} 80s pl (plural only)
  1. The decade of the 1980s. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Decades Synonyms: 1980s, eighties
    Sense id: en-80s-en-noun-udfxbCvH Disambiguation of Decades: 51 23 26 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 44 44 12
  2. Temperatures from 80 to 89 degrees. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Temperature
    Sense id: en-80s-en-noun-Jot1dUVJ Disambiguation of Temperature: 26 74 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 70 13 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 92 4
  3. The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-80s-en-noun-wQBP7ju8 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 44 44 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s, 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s, 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s, 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s, 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s, 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s, 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s, '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s, 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's, zeros, zeroes, aughts, noughties, oughts · oneties, tens, teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties, Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties

Alternative forms

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