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EIGHTIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life between 80 and 90
Synonyms:
eighties; mid-eighties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("eighties" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("eighties" is a part of...):
age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years (a late time of life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The decade from 1980 to 1989
Synonyms:
1980s; eighties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("eighties" is a kind of...):
decade; decennary; decennium (a period of 10 years)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The decade from 1880 to 1889
Synonyms:
1880s; eighties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("eighties" is a kind of...):
decade; decennary; decennium (a period of 10 years)
