eighties

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A person's eighties are the period in which they are aged between 80 and 89:

in your eighties My grandmother is in her eighties.

the range of temperature between 80° and 89°:

in the eighties The temperature is expected to be in the eighties tomorrow.

the decade (= period of ten years) between 80 and 89 in any century, usually 1980–1989:

in/during the eighties Margaret Thatcher was the UK prime minister in/during the eighties.

the numbers 80 through 89:

The temperature is expected to be in the eighties (= between 80° and 89°) tomorrow.

Ronald Reagan was president in the eighties (= between 1980 and 1989).

My grandmother is in her eighties (= between 80 and 89 years old).