Eighty
Noun, Adjective
Level: Easy - A1 (Beginner)
Definition
(n) : The number eighty itself.
(adj) : Describes a quantity of eighty.
(adj) : Describes a quantity of eighty.
Example
"(n) : Eighty was the number of pencils in the box."
"(adj) : The bakery baked eighty fresh loaves of bread for the morning customers."
"(adj) : Eighty students attended the school assembly, filling the hall with excitement and chatter."
Explanation
Eighty is the number that comes after seventy-nine and before eighty-one. It is written as 80. It describes a group of eighty items, like “Eighty people attended the event”. Eighty can also mean age, as in “My grandmother is eighty years old”. As a noun, it refers to the number itself. As an adjective, it describes a quantity of eighty. For example, “They printed eighty books”.