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adjective
1.
next after the seventh.
2.
being one of eight equal parts.
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Eighth
is always a great word to know.
So is eighth rest. Does it mean:
| rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note |
| rest equal in time value to an eighth note |
adverb
6.
in the eighth place; eighthly.
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Example Sentences
- The number of eighth graders reading on grade level climbed impressively this year, tests indicate.
- Delany started this project as a widow in her eighth decade.
- The poem was probably composed in the seventh or eighth century and spread primarily through song or spoken verse.
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World English Dictionary
| eighth (eɪtθ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (usually prenominal) |
| a. 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 | |
| b. (as noun): the eighth in line | |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. one of eight equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc |
| b. (as modifier): an eighth part | |
| 3. | the fraction equal to one divided by eight (1/8) |
| 4. | another word for octave |
| —adv | |
| 5. | Also: eighthly after the seventh person, position, event, etc |
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