Eighteen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eighteen \Eight"een`\ ([=a]"t[=e]n`), a. [AS. eahtat[=y]ne,
     eahtat[=e]ne. See {Eight}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Eighty}.]
     Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Eighteen \Eight"een`\, n.
     1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen
        units or objects.
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     2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eighteen
       adj : being one more than seventeen [syn: {18}, {xviii}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
           [syn: {18}, {XVIII}]