Pronunciation: /ˈeɪti sɪks/
noun a number that is six more than seventy-nine
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
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.
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.
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