eighteen

[ ey-teen ]

/ ˈeɪˈtin /

noun

a cardinal number, ten plus eight.

a symbol for this number, as 18 or XVIII.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 18 in number.

Nearby words

eight, eight ball, eight-spot, eight-track tape, eightball, eighteen, eighteen-wheeler, eighteenmo, eighteenth, eighteenth amendment, eightfold

Origin of eighteen

before 1000; Middle English ehtetene, Old English eahtatēne; cognate with Old Norse āttjān, German achtzehn. See eight, -teen

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Examples from the Web for eighteen

In November 1885, the sudden death of her eighteen year-old daughter, Annie, brought Mandelbaum back to New York City.
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By 1953, the number of Americans owning their own homes climbed to twenty-five million, up from eighteen million in 1948.
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Eighteen years old, and got hit with an IED his first month there.
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It takes eighteen months to two years until it gets decent-sized.
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Upon retirement, the average corrections officer will survive eighteen months.
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Those from eighteen to twenty-five it puts down as extra hazardous.
The American Joe Miller|Various
The thickest layer of ozokerite found is about eighteen inches, and this layer or pocket was a great curiosity.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883|Various
But Newcastle's orders remained peremptory, and on the 14th he sailed with eighteen ships, and anchored in the Downs on the 17th.
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This was a pit in the snow eighteen feet long, eight wide, and four deep.
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They were flanked by nine other chairs on the right and nine on the left for the eighteen other prisoners.
The Tree of Heaven|May Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for eighteen

eighteen

/ (ˈeɪˈtiːn) /

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and eight and the product of two and nineSee also number (def. 1)

a numeral, 18, XVIII, etc, representing this number

the amount or quantity that is eight more than ten

something represented by, representing, or consisting of 18 units

(functioning as singular or plural) a team of 18 players in Australian Rules football

determiner

amounting to eighteeneighteen weeks
(as pronoun)eighteen of them knew

Word Origin for eighteen

Old English eahtatēne; related to Old Norse attjan, Old High German ahtozehan

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eighteen

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eighteen

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