eighth

[eytth, eyth]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

next after the seventh.
being one of eight equal parts.

noun

an eighth part, especially of one (⅛).
the eighth member of a series.
Music.��octave.

adverb

in the eighth place; eighthly.

eighth

/ ��ɪ��θ /

adjective

(usually prenominal)
1. 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
2. ( as noun )
  the eighth in line

noun

1. one of eight equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
2. ( as modifier )
  an eighth part
the fraction equal to one divided by eight ( 1/ 8 )
another word for octave

adverb

Also: eighthly.��after the seventh person, position, event, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eighth¹

before 1000; Middle English eightethe, Old English eahtotha; cognate with Old High German ahtoda, Old Norse ��ٳٲ��Ի徱, Gothic ahtud-. See eight, -th ²

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He took a shutout into the eighth before Baldwin ended that, too, with a two-run homer.

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In the second innings he bowled a triple wicket-maiden to take the seventh, eighth and ninth wickets of the innings.

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Wilson started to struggle after eating his eighth chicken wing, which was coated in Da Bomb, Beyond Insanity hot sauce.

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Much of it was awkward, especially when James Hagens, the eighth selection, was left waving at Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney after the audio in the Bruins’ war room in Boston went mute.

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And it’s heartening to see him still on the road, laying into what he sees as the creep of totalitarianism every night in his eighth decade of life.

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