eighteen
pronunciation
How to pronounce eighteen in British English:
UK [ˌeɪˈtiːn]
How to pronounce eighteen in American English:
US [ˌeɪˈtiːn]
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- Noun:
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
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- Adjective:
- being one more than seventeen
Word Origin
- eighteen (n.)
- late 14c., eightene, earlier ahtene (c. 1200), from Old English eahtatiene, eahtatyne; see eight + -teen. Cognate with Old Frisian schtatine, Old Saxon ahtotian, Dutch achttien, Old High German ahtozehan, German achtzehn, Old Norse attjan, Swedish adertån.
Example
- 1. Eighteen wheelers were starting to fly by in both directions .
- 2. Has been raised from eighteen to twenty-one .
- 3. Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen .
- 4. Eighteen indian cities and several middle eastern ones are designing urban rail networks .
- 5. They also have eighteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild .