eighteen
- a cardinal number, ten plus eight.
- a symbol for this number, as 18 or XVIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- amounting to 18 in number.
Origin of eighteen
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Contemporary Examples of eighteen
In November 1885, the sudden death of her eighteen year-old daughter, Annie, brought Mandelbaum back to New York City.
Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob BossJ. North Conway
September 7, 2014
By 1953, the number of Americans owning their own homes climbed to twenty-five million, up from eighteen million in 1948.
Eighteen years old, and got hit with an IED his first month there.
It takes eighteen months to two years until it gets decent-sized.
Upon retirement, the average corrections officer will survive eighteen months.
Historical Examples of eighteen
"It is eighteen years since I was last in this room," he said.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
That's a scurvy welcome to give a nephew you haven't seen for eighteen years.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
We are said to be like, but she is much younger—only eighteen.
Eighteen seventy-nine: it was the year her father lost his money.
Life and Death of Harriett FreanMay Sinclair
That was the beginning of her illness, February, eighteen eighty-three.
Life and Death of Harriett FreanMay Sinclair
eighteen
- 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
- amounting to eighteeneighteen weeks
- (as pronoun)eighteen of them knew