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eight⋅een

  [ey-teen]
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–noun
1. a cardinal number, ten plus eight.
2. a symbol for this number, as 18 or XVIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
–adjective
4. amounting to 18 in number.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME ehtetene, OE eahtatēne; c. ON āttjān, G achtzehn. See eight, -teen
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eight·een   (ā-tēn')   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 17 + 1.

  2. The 18th in a set or sequence.


[Middle English eightetene, from Old English eahtatēne; see oktō(u) in Indo-European roots.]
eight·een' adj. & pron.
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