eighty
/ˈeɪti/number
उच्चारण एटी
अस्सी
Basic word
- 1
the number 80
अस्सी
- eighty kilometres
- My grandmother is eighty years old.
- The bus was doing eighty kilometres an hour.
+ 1 more example
- Eighty students attended the lecture.
Synonyms four score
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
eighty + plural noun
A cardinal number placed before a plural noun, with no 's' on eighty.
Cardinal संख्या, जो plural noun से पहले आती है और eighty में 's' नहीं लगता।
- Eighty students took the test.
- The fare is eighty rupees.
in the eighties / in her eighties
'The eighties' means the years 1980 to 1989, and 'in her eighties' means aged 80 to 89.
'The eighties' का अर्थ 1980 से 1989 के वर्ष हैं, और 'in her eighties' का अर्थ 80 से 89 वर्ष की आयु है।
- My grandfather is in his eighties.
- Music in the eighties was full of synthesizers.
eighty-one to eighty-nine (hyphen)
Compound numbers from 21 to 99 are hyphenated.
21 से 99 तक की मिश्रित संख्याओं में hyphen लगता है।
- She scored eighty-five out of a hundred.
eighty per cent / eighty percent
In British English, write 'per cent' as two words; the sign is %.
ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में 'per cent' दो शब्दों में लिखा जाता है; चिह्न % है।
- Eighty per cent of the seats were filled.
eighty vs eighteen
Eighty has the stress at the start; eighteen at the end. Mix-ups cause mistakes in numbers heard on the phone.
Eighty में stress शुरू में होता है; eighteen में अंत में। फ़ोन पर सुनी संख्याओं में इनसे भ्रम होता है।
- Is the fare eighty or eighteen rupees?
+Collocations 5
eighty + noun
yearskilometresrupeesper centmarksstudents
- The bus runs at eighty kilometres per hour.
age phrases
in his eightiesaged eightyturn eightynearly eightypast eighty
- The retired teacher, past eighty, still reads daily.
eighty + fractions / marks
eighty out of a hundredeighty per centeighty markseighty-five
- She secured eighty out of a hundred in English.
decades
the eightiesthe early eightiesthe late eighties
- Television arrived in many homes in the eighties.
eighty + speed or distance
kmmilesmetreskilos
- The truck was carrying eighty kilos of rice.
“More examples 6
- Radhika got eighty per cent in her Class 12 board exam.
राधिका को Class 12 की बोर्ड परीक्षा में अस्सी प्रतिशत अंक मिले।
- The old man walked eighty steps to the temple every day.
बुज़ुर्ग हर दिन मंदिर तक अस्सी कदम चलते थे।
- The speed limit on this road is eighty kilometres per hour.
इस सड़क पर गति सीमा अस्सी किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा है।
- Her grandmother is in her eighties but still cooks for everyone.
उसकी दादी अस्सी के दशक में हैं, फिर भी सबके लिए खाना बनाती हैं।
- Eighty seats were reserved for girls.
लड़कियों के लिए अस्सी सीटें आरक्षित थीं।
- An old man of eighty won the village chess prize.
अस्सी वर्ष के एक बुज़ुर्ग ने गाँव की शतरंज प्रतियोगिता जीती।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He has eighty years.
✓ He is eighty years old.
In English, age takes 'be', not 'have'.
अंग्रेज़ी में आयु के लिए 'be' आता है, 'have' नहीं।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
four score
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
The eighties (the years 1980 to 1989); the 80-20 rule or Pareto principle (about 80 per cent of results come from 20 per cent of causes).
Collocations: the eighties (1980 से 1989 के वर्ष); 80-20 rule या Pareto principle (लगभग 80 प्रतिशत परिणाम 20 प्रतिशत कारणों से आते हैं)।