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Definition of eighteen in English: eighteencardinal number ˈeɪtiːneɪˈtiːn 1Equivalent to the product of two and nine; one more than seventeen, or eight more than ten; 18. she wrote eighteen novels out of sixty batches checked, eighteen were incorrect eighteen of the guests were gathered Example sentencesExamples - The rest received sentences of seventeen or eighteen years.
- Seventeen out of eighteen provinces were in open revolt.
- She died on September 30, 1897 at the age of 24 after eighteen months of great physical suffering and desolation of spirit.
- Just eighteen more hours until my high school days are over forever.
- For the first eighteen months of his term, Davis enjoyed great political fortune.
- They have conceded thirty five goals in eighteen games.
- All eighteen players played their hearts out and were ecstatic when the final whistle came.
- After this the team filmed the family eighteen hours a day for three months.
- I run a small team that has spent the last eighteen months working on a variety of game projects.
- Had this been written eighteen months ago, there'd have been a queue of people lining up to laugh at these views, and I'd have been there at the front.
- The two men travelled to the Southern French town last year with eighteen musicians aged between 16-19 years old.
- I paid with a twenty and got seventeen or eighteen dollars in change.
- The remaining eighteen quotes ranged from £315 to £462, with seven firms unable to provide a quote.
- All eighteen players who met this criteria remained in organized baseball three years later.
- It was submitted that his decision in the claimant's case to extend the period of nine months to eighteen months was a matter of judgement which was within his discretion.
- 1.1 A set or team of eighteen individuals.
Example sentencesExamples - Though he has trained for field gun before, this is his first time in the final eighteen.
- They had six athletes in the top eighteen.
- This panel was reduced and Aoife found herself in the last eighteen.
- The bunkers were in an unbelievable condition no doubt due to the efforts by the ground keepers on the other eighteen which made them almost unplayable.
- They lost three, including the first of the tour, an innings defeat by a Victorian eighteen.
- 1.2 Eighteen years old.
Example sentencesExamples - I was eighteen and I barely knew anything about the world around me!
- I hoped I wasn't looking forward to college and turning eighteen for nothing.
- No one knew that she was only sixteen and he was only eighteen.
- Just because staff members are over the age of eighteen does not mean they have the maturity of an adult.
- All band members, however, must be aged eighteen or over.
- How could the twins already be seventeen, eighteen in a month?
- She returned to Scotland as Queen of the Scots aged eighteen in 1561.
- She's seventeen about to turn eighteen but we got married with parental permission.
- John emigrated to England at the age of eighteen.
- Most people who have tried smoking smoked their first cigarette before the age of eighteen.
- When I turned, two young guys, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, were standing before me.
- Reaching the age of eighteen was quite significant for me, as it allowed me the opportunity to cast my first parliamentary vote.
- He was the son of a cooper and entered the army in 1870 aged eighteen.
- Like her brothers before her, she had left home long before reaching the age of eighteen.
- By age eighteen, most have witnessed thousands of murders on television and video games.
- Even after all these years, his smile still made her feel eighteen again.
- Children must remain in full-time education until age sixteen and in part-time until age eighteen.
- She was barely eighteen, apparently, and looked younger.
- Dee expects him to continue to attend until the age limit of eighteen.
- For thousands under the age of eighteen, this is their reality.
- 1.3 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by eighteen.
Example sentencesExamples - She stocks sizes eight to eighteen and takes orders for bigger sizes.
- Judging by old photos of her, she looked to be about a size eighteen.
- 1.4British (of a film) classified as suitable for people of 18 years and over.
Origin Old English e(a)htatēne (see eight, -teen). Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean Definition of eighteen in US English: eighteencardinal number 1Equivalent to the product of two and nine; one more than seventeen, or eight more than ten; 18. she wrote eighteen novels out of sixty batches checked, eighteen were incorrect eighteen of the guests were gathered Example sentencesExamples - The remaining eighteen quotes ranged from £315 to £462, with seven firms unable to provide a quote.
- She died on September 30, 1897 at the age of 24 after eighteen months of great physical suffering and desolation of spirit.
- All eighteen players who met this criteria remained in organized baseball three years later.
- All eighteen players played their hearts out and were ecstatic when the final whistle came.
- After this the team filmed the family eighteen hours a day for three months.
- I paid with a twenty and got seventeen or eighteen dollars in change.
- For the first eighteen months of his term, Davis enjoyed great political fortune.
- Just eighteen more hours until my high school days are over forever.
- It was submitted that his decision in the claimant's case to extend the period of nine months to eighteen months was a matter of judgement which was within his discretion.
- Had this been written eighteen months ago, there'd have been a queue of people lining up to laugh at these views, and I'd have been there at the front.
- The rest received sentences of seventeen or eighteen years.
- Seventeen out of eighteen provinces were in open revolt.
- The two men travelled to the Southern French town last year with eighteen musicians aged between 16-19 years old.
- They have conceded thirty five goals in eighteen games.
- I run a small team that has spent the last eighteen months working on a variety of game projects.
- 1.1 A set or team of eighteen individuals.
Example sentencesExamples - They lost three, including the first of the tour, an innings defeat by a Victorian eighteen.
- The bunkers were in an unbelievable condition no doubt due to the efforts by the ground keepers on the other eighteen which made them almost unplayable.
- They had six athletes in the top eighteen.
- This panel was reduced and Aoife found herself in the last eighteen.
- Though he has trained for field gun before, this is his first time in the final eighteen.
- 1.2 Eighteen years old.
Example sentencesExamples - She was barely eighteen, apparently, and looked younger.
- Most people who have tried smoking smoked their first cigarette before the age of eighteen.
- I was eighteen and I barely knew anything about the world around me!
- She's seventeen about to turn eighteen but we got married with parental permission.
- She returned to Scotland as Queen of the Scots aged eighteen in 1561.
- Reaching the age of eighteen was quite significant for me, as it allowed me the opportunity to cast my first parliamentary vote.
- John emigrated to England at the age of eighteen.
- He was the son of a cooper and entered the army in 1870 aged eighteen.
- I hoped I wasn't looking forward to college and turning eighteen for nothing.
- Like her brothers before her, she had left home long before reaching the age of eighteen.
- No one knew that she was only sixteen and he was only eighteen.
- For thousands under the age of eighteen, this is their reality.
- How could the twins already be seventeen, eighteen in a month?
- When I turned, two young guys, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, were standing before me.
- By age eighteen, most have witnessed thousands of murders on television and video games.
- All band members, however, must be aged eighteen or over.
- Dee expects him to continue to attend until the age limit of eighteen.
- Children must remain in full-time education until age sixteen and in part-time until age eighteen.
- Even after all these years, his smile still made her feel eighteen again.
- Just because staff members are over the age of eighteen does not mean they have the maturity of an adult.
- 1.3 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by eighteen.
Example sentencesExamples - Judging by old photos of her, she looked to be about a size eighteen.
- She stocks sizes eight to eighteen and takes orders for bigger sizes.
Origin Old English e(a)htatēne (see eight, -teen). |