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eigh·teen I. \(ˈ)ā(t)|tēn sometimes (ˈ)ād.|ēn\ adjective Etymology: Middle English eightetene, eightene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatȳne, eahtatēne (akin to Old High German ahtozehan eighteen, Old Norse āttjān, ātjān), from eahta eight + -tīene, -tȳne, -tēne (from tīen, tȳn, tēn ten) — more at eight, ten : being one more than 17 in number < eighteen years > — see number table; used prepositively to designate certain years of the 19th century < the eighteen-eighties > < the early eighteen-hundreds > II. pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English eightetene, eightene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatȳne, eahtatēne, from eahtatīene, eahtatȳne, eahtatēne, adjective : 18 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated < eighteen are here > III. noun (-s) 1. : 10 and eight : twice nine : nine times two : three times six 2. a. : 18 units or objects < a total of eighteen > b. : a group or set of 18 3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 18 4. : the 18th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 18th size < wears an eighteen > 5. : eighteenmo — usually used in plural < a book printed in eighteens > 6. : something having as an essential feature 18 units or members |