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MID-EIGHTIES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mid-eighties mean?
• MID-EIGHTIES (noun)
The noun MID-EIGHTIES has 1 sense:
1. the time of life between 80 and 90
Familiarity information: MID-EIGHTIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life between 80 and 90
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
eighties; mid-eighties
Hypernyms ("mid-eighties" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("mid-eighties" is a part of...):
age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years (a late time of life)
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