noun / adjective
eighteenth
ay-TEENTH/eɪtˈinθ/
The position numbered eighteen in a sequence, or occupying that position.
The eighteenth locker stands open immediately after the seventeenth in the numbered row.
Etymology
The elements “eight” and “tenth” name the position eight places beyond tenth. Together they express order rather than quantity: immediately after seventeenth.
In context
Newton, in the eighteenth century, says to his congregation in the morning, I [count] it my honour and happiness that I preach to a free people, who have the Bible in their hands.
More examples
- We celebrate his eighteenth birthday today.
- The meeting falls on the eighteenth of June.
- The eighteenth chapter explains how to plant tomatoes.
Forms
eighteenth · eighteenths
eighteen adjective — Equal in number to ten plus eight.