Eighty Six

B1 13+

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪti sɪks/

Definitions of eighty six

noun a number that is six more than seventy-nine

Example Sentences

A1 I ordered eighty six cupcakes for the party.

A2 There were eighty six students in the class.

B1 The restaurant received a rating of eighty six out of one hundred.

B2 The company had to lay off eighty six employees due to budget cuts.

C1 The research paper cited eighty six different sources to support its claims.

C2 The artist's latest album debuted at number eighty six on the charts.

adjective describing the number eighty-six

Example Sentences

A1 There are eighty six students in my class.

A2 The store has eighty six different types of candies.

B1 I have eighty six unread emails in my inbox.

B2 The restaurant received eighty six reservations for tonight.

C1 The company reported eighty six million dollars in profits last quarter.

C2 The research team conducted a study with eighty six participants.

Examples of eighty six in a Sentence

formal The total cost of the project was eighty six thousand dollars.

informal I can't believe she spent eighty six bucks on that dress.

slang Let's hit up that new eighty six joint for dinner tonight.

figurative After the argument, their friendship was hanging by a thread, like eighty six.

Grammatical Forms of eighty six

past tense

eighty-sixed

plural

eighty sixes

comparative

more eighty-six

superlative

most eighty-six

present tense

eighty six

future tense

will eighty six

perfect tense

have eighty-sixed

continuous tense

is eighty-sixing

singular

eighty six

positive degree

eighty six

infinitive

to eighty six

gerund

eighty-sixing

participle

eighty-sixed

Origin and Evolution of eighty six

First Known Use: 1933 year
Language of Origin: English
Story behind the word: The origin of the term 'eighty six' is believed to have originated in the restaurant industry in the United States.
Evolution of the word: Originally used as code language among restaurant staff to indicate that an item on the menu was no longer available or to inform staff to stop serving a particular customer, the term 'eighty six' has since evolved to be used more broadly in everyday language to mean to get rid of, eliminate, or reject something or someone.