I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 86 in number
eighty-seven years
— see number table
II. 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
III. 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