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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eighth (ātth, āth),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the seventh.
- being one of eight equal parts.
n. - an eighth part, esp. of one (1⁄8).
- the eighth member of a series.
- [Music.]octave.
adv. - in the eighth place;
eighthly.
- bef. 1000; Middle English eightethe, Old English eahtotha; cognate with Old High German ahtoda, Old Norse āttandi, Gothic ahtud-. See eight, -th2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: eighth /eɪtθ/ adj - (usually prenominal) coming after the seventh and before the ninth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eight: often written 8th
- (as noun): the eighth in line
n - one of eight equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- (as modifier): an eighth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by eight ( 1⁄8)
- another word for octave
adv - Also: eighthly after the seventh person, position, event, etc
eight /eɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a number, equal to seven plus one.
- a symbol for this number, such as 8 or VIII.
eighth /eɪtθ, eɪθ/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eight āt),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII.
- a set of this many persons or things, as the crew of an eight-oared racing shell.
- Gamesa playing card the face of which bears eight pips.
- Automotive, Informal Terms[Informal.]
- an automobile powered by an eight-cylinder engine.
- an eight-cylinder engine.
adj. - amounting to eight in number.
- bef. 1000; Middle English eighte, Old English (e)ahta; cognate with Dutch acht, Old Saxon, Old High German ahto (German acht), Old Norse ātta, Gothic ahtau, Latin octō, Greek októ̄, Old Irish ocht, Welsh wyth, Breton eiz, Tocharian B okt, Lithuanian aŝtuonì, Albanian tetë, Armenian uth, Persian hasht, Sanskrit aṣṭáu; apparently an old dual in form, but not clear of what
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