What does eighth mean?

Definitions for eighth
eɪtθ, eɪθeighth

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. eighthnoun

    position eight in a countable series of things

  2. one-eighth, eighthadjective

    one part in eight equal parts

  3. eighth, 8thadjective

    coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position

Wiktionary

  1. eighthnoun

    (eighth ones is used for the plural) The person or thing in the eighth position.

  2. eighthnoun

    One of eight equal parts of a whole.

  3. eighthnoun

    An "eighth" of an ounce equalling approximately 3.5 grams in marijuana or other drugs.

  4. eighthadjective

    The ordinal form of the number eight.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Eighthadjective

    Next in order to the seventh; the ordinal of eight.

    Etymology: from eight.

    Another yet? —— A seventh! I’ll see no more;
    And yet the eighth appears! William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    In the eighth month should be the reign of Saturn. Francis Bacon.

    I stay reluctant seven continu’d years,
    And water her ambrosial couch with tears;
    The eighth, she voluntary moves to part,
    Or urg’d by Jove, or her own changeful heart. Alexander Pope, Odyss.

Wikipedia

  1. Eighth

    Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight.

ChatGPT

  1. eighth

    Eighth refers to each of the eight equal parts of something or the position that comes after the seventh and before the ninth in a series. It is also represented numerically as 1/8.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eighthadjective

    next in order after the seventh

  2. Eighthadjective

    consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing

  3. Eighthnoun

    the quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part

  4. Eighthnoun

    the interval of an octave

  5. Etymology: [AS. eahtoa.]

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    Rank popularity for the word 'eighth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3065

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of eighth in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of eighth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of eighth in a Sentence

  1. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri:

    On the eighth time, they died, unless we do something different, we will continue to see more lives lost. Three dead teenagers is not acceptable.

  2. Tyler Gilbert:

    It was weird, I wasn't nervous at all, i felt like I should have been. I don't know why. I just kept going out there and doing my thing. I was really nervous before the game, leading up to the game. But after the three-pitch eighth inning, I was like, ‘This is possibly going to happen.’.

  3. Jerry Mathers:

    Yes, it was nice to have another income rolling in, but it wasn’t like my family couldn’t exist without me working, and when I finished ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ the studio did have another sitcom they wanted me to do, but I had never been to regular school. I had a private tutor from the first grade up until the eighth grade… I wanted to attend regular school and be with other kids. I wanted to play sports.

  4. Jeff Bock:

    Case in point, look at' Eighth Grade.' It wasn't nominated and now it's kind of gone, if these smaller studios don't get a nomination it can be the end of the line for some of these titles.

  5. Kensington Palace:

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share a new photograph of Prince George ahead of Prince George eighth birthday tomorrow.

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