Meaning & use

Eightieth

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Next in order after the seventy-ninth; the ordinal number corresponding to eighty.

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The whole family gathered to celebrate her eightieth birthday.

This is the eightieth episode of the podcast since it began three years ago.

A note on using this word

Eightieth also functions as a noun meaning one of eighty equal parts, as in 'an eightieth of the total.'

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