eighteen

[eight·een]

The cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one

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Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one

Adjective S.
being one more than seventeen


a.
Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

n.
The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.

n.
A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.


Eighteen

Eight"een` , a. [AS. eahtatne, eahtatne. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty.] Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

Eighteen

Eight"een`, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects. 2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.

Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.

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Usage Examples

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam.

I have the body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge.

My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.

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