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EIGHTY-FOUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eighty-four mean?
• EIGHTY-FOUR (adjective)
The adjective EIGHTY-FOUR has 1 sense:
1. being four more than eighty
Familiarity information: EIGHTY-FOUR used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being four more than eighty
Synonyms:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples
Eighty-four (28%) of the 300 household contacts eventually contracted laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infection, and 53 (63%) of those infected developed influenza symptoms.
(New study reveals a novel indicator of influenza immunity, National Institutes of Health)
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