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Eighteen Common

Eighteen has 4 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Num · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one

"The teacher asked the class to count up from seventeen until they reached eighteen."

Adjective
1

being one more than seventeen

"The clock struck eighteen, marking exactly one minute past six o'clock in military time."

Num
1

The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

"The eighteen students gathered in the gymnasium for their annual sports day."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"Mr. Eighteen is the head of our local bowling team."

See Also
course eighteens nineteen eighteenish eighty xviii eighteenpence octodecimal
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
large integer

Origin

Eighteen comes from Old English, originally meaning "eight" combined with the suffix "-teen." It is related to similar words in other Germanic languages like German and Dutch.

Rhyming Words
een meen been feen keen teen peen ween reen seen deen leen veen wheen epeen steen bleen gleen breen green
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