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eight·eenth (ātēnt̸h)

adjective

  1. preceded by seventeen others in a series; 18th
  2. designating any of the eighteen equal parts of something

Etymology: ME eihtetenthe: see eighteen & -th

noun

  1. the one following the seventeenth
  2. any one of the eighteen equal parts of something;

adverb

in the eighteenth place, rank, group, etc.

eighteenth Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • second: The majority of the piece features a new person in every frame, or every eighteenth of a second.

Adjective modifier

  • late: Subject Specialism: Russian art from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.

Modifies a noun

  • century: Captain James Cook James Cook was an explorer of the eighteenth century, known for his voyages to the Pacific Ocean.
  • birthday: I enlisted in the Marine Corps the day of my eighteenth birthday.
  • philosopher: The eighteenth century philosopher Thomas Malthus was one of the first to do this.
  • farmhouse: This impressive eighteenth century farmhouse is located within the walls of Torrent, a picturesque medieval village dating back to the fourteenth century.
  • house: During the eighteenth century cabinet houses began to appear ­ where a dolls house was created in the interior of a beautiful cabinet.
  • building: An eighteenth century building called Cumberland House overlooks the staith.
eighteenth Quotes

I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses.

—Yeats,W(illiam) B(utler)

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