eighth

American  

[eytth, eyth] / eɪtθ, eɪθ /

adjective

1. next after the seventh.

2. being one of eight equal parts.

---

noun

1. an eighth part, especially of one (⅛).

2. the eighth member of a series.

3. Music. octave.

adverb

1. in the eighth place; eighthly.

eighth British  

/ eɪtθ /

adjective

1. (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. 1. one of eight equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      an eighth part

2. the fraction equal to one divided by eight ( 1/ 8 )

3. another word for octave

adverb

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

Etymology

Origin of eighth

before 1000; Middle English eightethe, Old English eahtotha; cognate with Old High German ahtoda, Old Norse āttandi, Gothic ahtud-. See eight, -th ²

Example Sentences

The draw left Real Sociedad eighth, still in contention for European football next season after their improvement.

From Barron's

"The first title is always the sweetest compared to the others, but this eighth one is a kind of confirmation. Nobody would have thought that one day De Vlaeminck's record would be broken," he said.

From Barron's

It’s the seventh and eighth scholarships since he began the annual presentation four years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Rose was four strokes in front of Ireland's Seamus Power, who rebounded from his only bogey at his penultimate hole, the eighth, with an eagle at the ninth to post a six-under 66 for 131.

From Barron's

In contrast, her meetings with Pierre, who designed many of her looks for the inauguration, focus on finer details - an eighth of a inch on a collar or the cut of a lapel.

From BBC