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80s

80s noun: the decade of the 1980s.

Noun

80s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade of the 1980s.
    • It was cocaine. I snorted Blow a couple of times. It was the perfect 80s drug after all.2014, Laura Di Battista, If It Bleeds It leads, page 125
    • She started learning the craft at age 13 from her father, who founded the family's tile business, Kam Fat Mahjong, in 1962. Masters who would visit Hong Kong during its manufacturing heyday in the 1970s and 80s also shared their techniques and trained apprentices.2025 July 27, Kathleen Magramo, “The game is almost over for one of Hong Kong’s last mahjong carvers”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2025
    Synonyms:
    1980s, eighties
  2. (plural, plural-only) A range of the numbers eighty (80) to eighty-nine (89).
    • Many of his friends are joining a burgeoning international community of elderweds, or those who marry in their 60s, 70s or even 80s.2002 January 8, Cheong Suk-Wai, “Faith in a new tomorrow”, in The Straits Times

Synonyms of 80s

Forms of 80s

alternative form'80s
alternative form80's

Questions about 80s

What does 80s mean?
80s means the decade of the 1980s.
What part of speech is 80s?
80s is a noun.

Words near 80s in the dictionary

  1. 802.11i
  2. 807
  3. 807s
  4. 808
  5. 808s
  6. 80s
  7. 80th
  8. 811
  9. 81st
  10. 82nd
  11. 83rd

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