"eighties" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -eɪtiz Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} eighties (not comparable)
  1. From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-eighties-en-adj-m9lJ8QFw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 4 47 8 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 'eighties Synonyms (of the decade): Eighties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 1 47 44 0 7

Noun

Rhymes: -eɪtiz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} eighties
  1. plural of eighty Tags: form-of, plural Form of: eighty
    Sense id: en-eighties-en-noun-89~FXbZo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 'eighties Synonyms (of the decade): Eighties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 1 47 44 0 7

Noun

Rhymes: -eɪtiz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} eighties pl (plural only)
  1. The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Decades Translations (the decade of the 1980s): 1980年代 (yījiǔbālǐng niándài) (Chinese Mandarin), jaren tachtig [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 80 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 1980 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), kahdeksankymmentäluku (Finnish), 80-luku (Finnish), 1980-luku (Finnish), années quatre-vingt [feminine, plural] (French), années 80 [feminine, plural] (French), 1980-იანები (1980-ianebi) (Georgian), 1980-იანი წლები (1980-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), ათას ცხრაას ოთხმოციანი წლები (atas cxraas otxmociani c̣lebi) (Georgian), ოთხმოციანები (otxmocianebi) (Georgian), ოთხმოციანი წლები (otxmociani c̣lebi) (Georgian), 80-იანები (80-ianebi) (Georgian), 80-იანი წლები (80-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), achtziger Jahre [neuter, plural] (German), Achtzigerjahre [neuter, plural] (German), Achtziger [plural] (German), neunzehnhundertachtziger Jahre [neuter, plural] (German), 1980er (German), nyolcvanas évek (Hungarian), tahun delapan puluhan (Indonesian), anni ottanta (Italian), 八十年代 (hachijū-nendai) (Japanese), 80年代 (hachijū-nendai) (Japanese), 1980年代 (issenkyūhyakuhachijū-nendai) (Japanese), 80s (ētīzu) (Japanese), 80년대 (palsimnyeondae) (Korean), lata osiemdziesiąte [plural] (Polish), lata 80. [plural] (Polish), anos 80 [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), 80-ые (80-yje) [masculine, plural] (Russian), 1980-ые го́ды (1980-yje gódy) [masculine, plural] (Russian), осамдесете [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), 80-е [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), osamdesete [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), 80-e [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), años 80 [masculine, plural] (Spanish), åttiotalet [neuter] (Swedish), åttiotal [neuter] (Swedish), 1980-talet [neuter] (Swedish), 80-talet (Swedish), dekada otsenta (Tagalog), 1980'ler (Turkish), seksenler (Turkish), pedwarugeiniau [masculine, plural] (Welsh), wythdegau [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-eighties-en-noun-PurFZLEW Disambiguation of Decades: 29 1 47 22 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 4 47 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 4 57 9 2 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 18 34 6 27 Disambiguation of 'the decade of the 1980s': 61 38 0
  2. The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-eighties-en-noun-wQBP7ju8
  3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 80 and 89. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-eighties-en-noun-YFyNg-ZL Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Topics: temperature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 'eighties, '80s, 80s Synonyms (of the decade): Eighties Hyponyms: 1880s, 1980s
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 1 47 44 0 7 Related terms: octogenarian, 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s, 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s, 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s, 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s, 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s, 1300s · 1310s · 1320s · 1330s · 1340s · 1350s · 1360s · 1370s · 1380s · 1390s, 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

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