I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 84 in number
eighty-five years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 85 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
eighty-five are here
eighty-five were found
III. noun
1. : five and 80 : five times 17
2.
a. : 85 units or objects
a total of eighty-five
b. : a group or set of 85
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 85
4. : the 85th in a set or series