eighty-eight

adjective

being eight more than eighty

• Syn: ↑88, ↑lxxxviii

• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

: being one more than 87 in number

eighty-eight years

— see number table

II. pronoun, plural in construction

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

eighty-eight are here

eighty-eight were found

III. noun

1. : eight and 80 : four times 22 : eight times 11

2.

a. : 88 units or objects

a total of eighty-eight

b. : a group or set of 88

3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 88

4. : the 88th in a set or series

5. [so called from the standard number of keys] slang : piano

6. : an 88 millimeter gun

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/ay"tee ayt"/, n.

1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 8.

2. a symbol for this number, as 88 or LXXXVIII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. Slang. the keys of a piano or the piano itself: tickle the old eighty-eight.

adj.

5. amounting to 88 in number.