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octogenarian

English translation: eightieth birthday

15:59 Oct 22, 2001
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: octogenarian
an octogenerian birthday
Lisa
Selected answer:eightieth birthday
Explanation:
an octogenarian is somebody who is over 80 years of age!
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Julia Gal
Local time: 15:51
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5 +5eightieth birthday
Julia Gal
5 +3the birthday of someone who is eighty, or between 80 and 90 years old
Helen D. Elliot (X)
5 +1octogenarian
schnampfe
5Between 80 and 90 years of age.
Fuad Yahya
5Someone who is in their eighties.
John Guchemand
5octogenarian
john mason
4with a lot of understanding of life
Utopia Lau (X)
4octogenarian
jamali2000


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
eightieth birthday


Explanation:
an octogenarian is somebody who is over 80 years of age!

Julia Gal
Local time: 15:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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agree  TransHispania
5 mins
agree  Umit Altug
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agree  Amila
32 mins
agree  aggeliki
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agree  Sven Petersson
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the birthday of someone who is eighty, or between 80 and 90 years old


Explanation:
Gage Canadian Dictionary:

ogtogenarian
n. adj., a person who is 80 years old or between 80 and 90 years old (that is, not including the ninetieth birthday)



Helen D. Elliot (X)
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Local time: 09:51
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agree  Nina Engberg
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agree  Abu Amaal (X)
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agree  Tatiana Neroni (X)
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Between 80 and 90 years of age.


Explanation:
"Ocotgenarian" refers to one who has completed 8 decades of life but has not completed his ninth.

Fuad


    American Heritage Dictionary
Fuad Yahya
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octogenarian


Explanation:
Someone who is in his eighties.

schnampfe

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agree  athena22: Yes, so the birthday is somewhere from the 80th up to but not including the 90th b'day.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Someone who is in their eighties.


Explanation:
Someone who is between 80 and 89 years old.

John Guchemand
United States
Local time: 09:51
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with a lot of understanding of life


Explanation:
As people comes to an old age between eighty to eighty-nine, this person must process a lot of understanding in life.

Utopia Lau (X)
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octogenarian


Explanation:
octogenarian (adj) means a person who is from 80 to 89 years old. It comes from Latin octogenarius containing eighty


    Collins English Dictionary
jamali2000
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octogenarian


Explanation:
An octogenarian birthday is a surreal concept, namely a birthday which is over 80 years old.

john mason
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