Eighteen Definition

ā-tēn
noun
The cardinal number between seventeen and nineteen; 18; XVIII.
Webster's New World
The 18th in a set or sequence.
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adjective
Totaling eight more than ten.
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Other Word Forms of Eighteen

Noun

Singular:
eighteen
Plural:
eighteens

Origin of Eighteen

  • Middle English eightetene from Old English eahtatēne oktō(u) in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Eighteen Sentence Examples

  • Brandon is eighteen, and Ashley will be soon.

  • So, when he was eighteen years old, he ran away from his pleasant home and went to sea.

  • But the literary partnership ceased in about eighteen years, when only the first portion of the plan had been completed, because each of the members felt he could work to better advantage separately than jointly.

  • For his son, before he was eighteen years old, he procured a deanery, four archdeaconries, five prebends and a chancellorship, and he sought to thrust him into the bishopric of Durham.

  • By judicious use of the railway Kitchener concentrated sufficient troops in the colony to cope with the attempt, and, after being hunted for eighteen days, De Wet escaped back into the Orange River Colony with the loss of all his guns, munitions of war and half his force.

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