eighty-seven

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 86 in number

eighty-seven years

see Table of Numbers

eighty-seven

2 of 3

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

eighty-seven

3 of 3

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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