eighty-five

adjective

being five more than eighty

• Syn: ↑85, ↑lxxxv

• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

: being one more than 84 in number

eighty-five years

— see number table

II. pronoun, plural in construction

: 85 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

eighty-five are here

eighty-five were found

III. noun

1. : five and 80 : five times 17

2.

a. : 85 units or objects

a total of eighty-five

b. : a group or set of 85

3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 85

4. : the 85th in a set or series

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/ay"tee fuyv"/, n.

1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 5.

2. a symbol for this number, as 85 or LXXXV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj.

4. amounting to 85 in number.