Advertisement

Advertisement

eighth

[ eytth, eyth ]

adjective

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


noun

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

adverb

  1. in the eighth place; eighthly.

eighth

/ eɪtθ /

adjective

  1. 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

  1. the fraction equal to one divided by eight ( 1 8 )
  2. See octave
    another word for octave

adverb

  1. Alsoeighthly after the seventh person, position, event, etc

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of eighth1

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

Discover More

Example Sentences

This was only an eighth-grader, barely a teenager, who felt so worthless in this world she would rather not live in it altogether.

From Time

Another parent-led coalition, CPS Sick-Out, is asking Chicagoans to call their children in sick on Monday, when the city says it will open for preschoolers through eighth-graders and special-education students.

Among the parents pushing for a speedy reopening through the Chicago Parents Collective is Lisa Mishkin, mother of a sixth-grader and an eighth-grader at Coonley Elementary School.

Catrin Morris, mother of an eighth-grader in the school system who lives in Ward 3, said that if the city delivers on its safety promises and the measures in schools are adequate, it’s time for families to have the option to return.

Success Academy eighth-graders also must pass comprehensives.

On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.

Meryl Streep makes an eighth of what Justin Bieber does a year.

She was a beanpole growing up, before gaining 30 pounds after getting her period in eighth grade.

On the third circuit they make up just 17 percent of justices, and on the eighth circuit 18 percent.

He lost the bet on the twenty-eighth question, when a duplicate birthday turned up.

John of Damascus, an important Greek theologian of the eighth century, often cited by Thomas.

In the eighth line we have “bells” seven times repeated in all—bells being taken in their utmost generality, viz., musical action.

On the eighth of the said month it was washed, and another small grain of gold obtained, of the same size as the preceding.

The steam in ordinary working was shut off when the piston had moved from an eighth to a quarter of its stroke.

Then, measured by inhabitants, it was the fifth town in Ireland; now it is the eighth.

Advertisement

Word of the Day

tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

Meaning and examples

Start each day with the Word of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Eightfold WayEighth Amendment