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Meaning of eighth in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /eɪ(t)θ/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    eighth

    Definitions

    1. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position

    Synonyms

    • ordinal
  2. Noun

    eighth

    Definitions

    1. position eight in a countable series of things
  3. 2. an eighth part

Famous quotes

  • « My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they might not even like it, and say his daddy's movie is wack, but they loved it. »
    Blair Underwood
  • « Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in the world. »
    Mike Fitzpatrick
  • « I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in. »
    Channing Tatum
  • « My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd. »
    Dave Brubeck
  • « Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million. »
    Ted Turner

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