eightieth

«eightieth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The ordinal number for 80: coming after the seventy-ninth… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective; noun (the eightieth, an eightieth); ordinal number (80th)

meaning for a pupil

1) The ordinal number for 80: coming after the seventy-ninth and before the eighty-first. tree →

2) One of 80 equal parts of something (1/80). tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, ordinal numbers show order in a line or list; in everyday life, an eightieth birthday is a big celebration; phrases: «eightieth birthday», «the eightieth anniversary», «one eightieth».

examples

• Granny had a big party for her eightieth birthday. tree →
• He finished in eightieth place out of 200 runners. tree →
• This year is the eightieth anniversary of our school. tree →
• One eightieth of 160 is 2. tree →
• The eightieth page of my book has a map. tree →
• Written in figures, eightieth is 80th. tree →

note

Spelling: eight + ieth (the y of eighty changes to i): eightieth. Maths: an eightieth = 1/80 = 0.0125. Ordinal: 80th; cardinal: eighty.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «eightieth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.