eighth

Use Eighth in a sentence

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.

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adverb

in the eighth place; eighthly.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English eightethe, Old English eahtotha; cognate with Old High German ahtoda, Old Norse āttandi, Gothic ahtud-. See eight, -th²

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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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Word Origin & History

eighth

O.E. eahtoða; see eight + -th.

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Example sentences

In fact, it appears that the water level has shrunken by an eighth or three

sixteens of an inch.

He would bring us tomatoes, and greens and okra and cabbage from that little

farm he had right there on eighth avenue.

Delany started this project as a widow in her eighth decade.

Last year the state's income per head was eighth from the bottom of the state