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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024eight•een /ˈeɪˈtin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a number, ten plus eight.
- a symbol for this number, as 18 or XVIII.
eight•eenth, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eight•een (ā′tēn′),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, ten plus eight.
- a symbol for this number, as 18 or XVIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. - amounting to 18 in number.
- bef. 1000; Middle English ehtetene, Old English eahtatēne; cognate with Old Norse āttjān, German achtzehn. See eight, -teen
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: eighteen /ˈeɪˈtiːn/ n - the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and eight and the product of two and nine
- 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
determiner - amounting to eighteen: eighteen weeks
- (as pronoun): eighteen of them knew
Etymology: Old English eahtatēne; related to Old Norse attjan, Old High German ahtozehan |