eighty-four
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 80 plus 4.
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a symbol for this number, as 84 or LXXXIV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Elisha and his remaining crew had spent eighty-four days crossing over ice, until they found open waters and set sail on the smaller whaling boats.
From Literature
“We are up to the summer of 1939, eighty-four years ago if my math is correct,” I added, throwing in an arithmetical flourish that thoroughly dispirited her.
From Literature
You would drive me home and say goodbye with three kisses, all the time, and texted me when you were eighty-four.
From Fox News
Four hundred and eighty-four minke whales have been killed so far this year, which is fewer than half the annual quota of 1,278.
From The Guardian
On February 11, 1969, Doc, who was staying on the ranch where he and Tom had grown up, died at the age of eighty-four.
From Literature
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