eighth

American  

[eytth, eyth] / eɪtθ, eɪθ /

adjective

1. next after the seventh.

2. being one of eight equal parts.

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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

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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

“Lou Ann said you and your little sister, Bridget, arrived here the evening of November eighth because your mother did not come home. Is that correct?”

From Literature

That was the fourth straight quarterly bottom-line miss, and the eighth miss over the past nine quarters.

From MarketWatch

They currently sit in eighth place, the final guaranteed last 16 berth, and know that a defeat would likely force them into a play-off round.

From Barron's

In the West, much of green cardamom’s popularity is concentrated in Scandinavia, where the spice is believed to have been introduced either by the Vikings or the Moors in the eighth century, Dunn states.

From Salon

To mark her eighth birthday on 3 March, Amelia is hoping to break the record for the most birthday cards received in the UK, by hitting the 8,000 cards mark.

From BBC