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eighteen
[ ey-teen ]
noun
- a cardinal number, ten plus eight.
- a symbol for this number, as 18 or XVIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
- amounting to 18 in number.
eighteen
/ ˈɪˈپː /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and eight and the product of two and nine See also number
- 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 eighteen
eighteen weeks
- ( as pronoun )
eighteen of them knew
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of eighteen1
Old English ٲŧԱ; related to Old Norse attjan, Old High German ahtozehan
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Nearly eighteen months after her most recent post, Lilly is in a different headspace.
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Over the past eighteen months or so he grew out his hair; he replaced his hoodies with boxy tees; he got really into M.M.A. and wakeboarding.
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He travelled eighteen miles but only after ejecting every loose object from the balloon to enable it to launch.
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But it will be a long time before any of this is resolved - it has already taken eighteen months to get to this point, and no court date has been set.
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“If it’s a fictional place, then why did you insist on me being sentenced until I was eighteen?”
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