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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 eightyplay

  Familiarity information: EIGHTY-FOUR used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EIGHTY-FOUR (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Being four more than eighty

Synonyms:

84; eighty-four; lxxxiv

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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