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eighteenth
[ey-teenth]
adjective
next after the seventeenth; being the ordinal number for 18.
being one of 18 equal parts.
noun
an eighteenth part, especially of one (1/18).
the eighteenth member of a series.
Word History and Origins
Origin of eighteenth1
Example Sentences
It’s the negative image of an important intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Enlightenment, whose principles formed, among other things, the basis for American democracy.
In the early eighteenth century, Georgia and Virginia used fines to penalize people for not voting.
"Since women had no political position in the eighteenth century, I could not place this debate there," Wills told Salon.
“We can quickly draft an agreement placing Ms. Martinez in a supervised group home until her eighteenth birthday.”
Tykes forward Devante Cole poked home from close range for his eighteenth league goal of the season to give the visitors a sixth-minute lead.
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