Eightieth
['etɪɪθ]
Definition
(noun.) position 80 in a countable series of things.
(adj.) the ordinal number of eighty in counting order .
Editor: Miles--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) The next in order after seventy-ninth.
(a.) Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.
(n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.
Typist: Tito
Examples
- This medal was founded in 1902 by the professional friends and associates of the veteran American ironmaster and metallurgical inventor, in honor of his eightieth birthday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He learned rapidly, and was a constant reader up to the day of his death in his eightieth year. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In his eightieth year his statue in bronze was placed in Central Park, New York, and his countrymen did their utmost to show him their appreciation of his great achievement. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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