adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -eɪtiz
CMU ARPABET:EY1 T IY0 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Sue picked a playlist of eighties music for the dinner to remind her wife of that night they met all those years ago.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
plural of eighty
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
Only kids born in the eighties remember this song!
1919, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel, Macmillan, page 172, He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
Only folks in their eighties remember this song!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The range between 80 and 89.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Qualifier: rates
Topics: temperature
Examples
No wonder I'm sweating, it's in the eighties!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
the time of life between 80 and 90
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mid-eighties
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time of life
7
noun
Meaning 7
the decade from 1980 to 1989
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 1980s
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decade, decennary, decennium
8
noun
Meaning 8
the decade from 1880 to 1889
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 1880s
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decade, decennary, decennium
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
anys vuitanta
— the decade of the 1980s
Catalan:
anys 80
— the decade of the 1980s
Catalan:
dècada de 1980
— the decade of the 1980s
Catalan:
dècada del 1980
— the decade of the 1980s
Chinese Mandarin:
八十年代
(bāshí niándài)
— the decade of the 1980s
Chinese Mandarin:
80年代
(bāshí niándài)
— the decade of the 1980s
Dutch:
jaren tachtig
— the decade of the 1980s
Dutch:
jaren 80
— the decade of the 1980s
Dutch:
jaren 1980
— the decade of the 1980s
Finnish:
kahdeksankymmentäluku
— the decade of the 1980s
Finnish:
80-luku
— the decade of the 1980s
Finnish:
1980-luku
— the decade of the 1980s
French:
années quatre-vingt
— the decade of the 1980s
French:
années 80
— the decade of the 1980s
Georgian:
1980-იანები
(1980-ianebi)
— the decade of the 1980s
Georgian:
1980-იანი წლები
(1980-iani c̣lebi)
— the decade of the 1980s
Georgian:
ათას ცხრაას ოთხმოციანი წლები
(atas cxraas otxmociani c̣lebi)
— the decade of the 1980s
Georgian:
ოთხმოციანები
(otxmocianebi)
— the decade of the 1980s
Georgian:
ოთხმოციანი წლები
(otxmociani c̣lebi)
— the decade of the 1980s
Georgian:
80-იანები
(80-ianebi)
— the decade of the 1980s
Georgian:
80-იანი წლები
(80-iani c̣lebi)
— the decade of the 1980s
German:
achtziger Jahre
— the decade of the 1980s
German:
Achtzigerjahre
— the decade of the 1980s
German:
Achtziger
— the decade of the 1980s
German:
neunzehnhundertachtziger Jahre
— the decade of the 1980s
German:
1980er
— the decade of the 1980s
Hungarian:
nyolcvanas évek
— the decade of the 1980s
Indonesian:
tahun delapan puluhan
— the decade of the 1980s
Italian:
anni ottanta
— the decade of the 1980s
Japanese:
八十年代
(hachijū-nendai)
— the decade of the 1980s
Japanese:
80年代
(hachijū-nendai)
— the decade of the 1980s
Korean:
팔십년대
(palsimnyeondae)
— the decade of the 1980s
Korean:
80년대
(palsimnyeondae)
— the decade of the 1980s
Polish:
lata osiemdziesiąte
— the decade of the 1980s
Polish:
lata 80.
— the decade of the 1980s
Portuguese:
anos 80
— the decade of the 1980s
Russian:
80-ые
(80-yje)
— the decade of the 1980s
Russian:
1980-ые го́ды
(1980-yje gódy)
— the decade of the 1980s
Serbo-Croatian:
осамдесете
— the decade of the 1980s
Serbo-Croatian:
80-е
— the decade of the 1980s
Serbo-Croatian:
osamdesete
— the decade of the 1980s