eighth

[eytth, eyth]

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adjective

next after the seventh.
being one of eight equal parts.

noun

an eighth part, especially of one (⅛).
the eighth member of a series.
Music. octave.

adverb

in the eighth place; eighthly.

Origin of eighth

before 1000; Middle English eightethe, Old English eahtotha; cognate with Old High German ahtoda, Old Norse āttandi, Gothic ahtud-. See eight, -th²

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Examples from the Web for eighth

Contemporary Examples

On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.
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Justin Rohrlich
January 3, 2015
Meryl Streep makes an eighth of what Justin Bieber does a year.
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Amy Zimmerman
November 25, 2014
She was a beanpole growing up, before gaining 30 pounds after getting her period in eighth grade.
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Kevin Fallon
September 26, 2014
On the third circuit they make up just 17 percent of justices, and on the eighth circuit 18 percent.
Why Women Should Forget the White House
Keli Goff
July 21, 2014
His ultimate career goal is unchanged as he nears the end of the eighth grade and prepares to begin high school.
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Michael Daly
April 20, 2014

Historical Examples

Some said it was in the Eighth Ward; others located it in the Seventeenth.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870
Various
The three regiments parading were the Eighth, Ninth and Twenty-fourth.
Ridgeway
Scian Dubh
On the eighth day of the assizes there were but fifty of us left in the wool warehouse.
Micah Clarke
Arthur Conan Doyle
Not a stick was there nearer than an eighth of a mile across the bay.
The Long Labrador Trail
Dillon Wallace
Of the fifth, the sixth and the eighth daughters nothing further is known.
The Chinese Fairy Book
Various

British Dictionary definitions for eighth

eighth

adjective

(usually prenominal)
1. coming after the seventh and before the ninth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eight: often written 8th
2. (as noun)the eighth in line

noun

1. one of eight equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
2. (as modifier)an eighth part
the fraction equal to one divided by eight (1/8)
another word for octave

adverb

Also: eighthly after the seventh person, position, event, etc

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Word Origin and History for eighth

adj.

late 14c., eighthe, from Old English eahtoða; see eight + -th (1). Cf. Old High German ahtoda, Old Frisian achta, German achte, Gothic ahtuda.

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Examples from the Web for eighth

Contemporary Examples

On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.

Meryl Streep makes an eighth of what Justin Bieber does a year.

She was a beanpole growing up, before gaining 30 pounds after getting her period in eighth grade.

On the third circuit they make up just 17 percent of justices, and on the eighth circuit 18 percent.

His ultimate career goal is unchanged as he nears the end of the eighth grade and prepares to begin high school.

Historical Examples

Some said it was in the Eighth Ward; others located it in the Seventeenth.

The three regiments parading were the Eighth, Ninth and Twenty-fourth.

On the eighth day of the assizes there were but fifty of us left in the wool warehouse.

Not a stick was there nearer than an eighth of a mile across the bay.

Of the fifth, the sixth and the eighth daughters nothing further is known.

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Word Origin and History for eighth

adj.

Origin of eighth