eighty-seven

adjective

being seven more than eighty

• Syn: ↑87, ↑lxxxvii

• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective

: being one more than 86 in number

eighty-seven years

— see number table

II. pronoun, plural in construction

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

eighty-seven are here

eighty-seven were found

III. noun

1. : seven and 80 : three times 29

2.

a. : 87 units or objects

a total of eighty-seven

b. : a group or set of 87

3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 87

4. : the 87th in a set or series

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/ay"tee sev"euhn/, n.

1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 87 or LXXXVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj.

4. amounting to 87 in number.