eighteen

Phonetic

US /ˌeɪˈtiːn/UK /ˌeɪˈtiːn/

Translations

NUMThe cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
PROPNA surname.

Variants

  • eighteens: Plural

Examples

  • They drew inspiration from neighboring Kansas, which, despite its G.O.P. leanings, had voted by eighteen points to preserve abortion rights, and from a half-dozen other states, including Kentucky and Ohio, which had followed suit.

    Source:www.newyorker.com

  • Copernicus likely developed his model independently of Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.[6][c][d][e] 

    Source:en.wikipedia.org

  • At the University of California, San Diego, where international students and out-of-staters account for roughly eighteen per cent of undergraduates, the university has tried to prepare for a drop-off in international enrollment by recruiting even more domestic students from outside California.

    Source:www.newyorker.com

  • At the University of California, San Diego, where international students and out-of-staters account for roughly eighteen per cent of undergraduates, the university has tried to prepare for a drop-off in international enrollment by recruiting even more domestic students from outside California.

    Source:www.newyorker.com

  • Ren Zhiqiang, a real-estate tycoon, received an unusually harsh sentence of eighteen years on corruption charges, after someone leaked an essay in which he mocked Xi as a “clown stripped naked who still insisted on being emperor

    Source:www.newyorker.com

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