Background for eighties

eighties

/ˈeɪtiːz/

Illustration eighties - Image 1

noun

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

Examples :

"My parents often talk about the music they listened to in the eighties. "

time history culture

Illustration eighties - Image 1

noun

The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.

Examples :

""My grandmother is very active; she travels the world and plays tennis even though she's well into her eighties." "

Illustration eighties - Image 1

noun

(temperature, rates) The range between 80 and 89.

Examples :

""During the heat wave, the daily high temperatures were consistently in the eighties." "

Illustration eighties - Image 1

adjective

From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s).

Examples :

"Sue picked a playlist of eighties music for the dinner to remind her wife of that night they met all those years ago."

age history time culture style past