eighty-eight

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 87 in number

eighty-eight years

see Table of Numbers

eighty-eight

2 of 3

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

eighty-eight

3 of 3

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

or eighty-eights [so called from the standard number of keys] slang : piano

6

: an 88 millimeter gun

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