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[ ey-teen ] / ˈeɪˈtin /
nouna cardinal number, ten plus eight. a symbol for this number, as 18 or XVIII. a set of this many persons or things. adjectiveamounting to 18 in number. Origin of eighteenbefore 1000; Middle English ehtetene,Old English eahtatēne; cognate with Old Norse āttjān,German achtzehn.See eight, -teen Words nearby eighteeneigenvalue, eigenvector, Eiger, eight, eightball, eighteen, eighteenmo, eighteenth, Eighteenth Amendment, eighteen-wheeler, eightfold Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eighteenIn 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 Boss|J. North Conway|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST By 1953, the number of Americans owning their own homes climbed to twenty-five million, up from eighteen million in 1948. In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class|Joel Kotkin|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Eighteen years old, and got hit with an IED his first month there. Who Has the Right to Write About War?|Emily Gray Tedrowe|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST It takes eighteen months to two years until it gets decent-sized. A Briny, South Carolina Oyster Shack|Jane & Michael Stern|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Upon retirement, the average corrections officer will survive eighteen months. Detention Worker Stands Up for Prisoners’ Rights|Moral Courage|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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. Naval Warfare|James R. Thursfield This was a pit in the snow eighteen feet long, eight wide, and four deep. North-Pole Voyages|Zachariah Atwell Mudge 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
nounthe 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 eighteenOld English eahtatēne; related to Old Norse attjan, Old High German ahtozehan Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |