eighteenth

«eighteenth» in Mova's school dictionary: Coming next after the seventeenth in order; number 18 in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective, ordinal number (eighteenth, 18th); noun (an eighteenth, eighteenths)

meaning for a pupil

1) Coming next after the seventeenth in order; number 18 in a line or list. tree →

2) (fraction) One of eighteen equal parts of something: one eighteenth, written 1/18. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths lessons it is the ordinal of 18: «the eighteenth place». In fractions, 1/18 means a whole split into 18 equal parts. In everyday life, «an eighteenth» (UK, Aus, NZ) is a party for someone turning 18, when they become an adult in many countries. Phrases: «the eighteenth hole» (golf), «eighteenth birthday».

examples

• She finished eighteenth in the cross-country race. tree →
• Our house is the eighteenth on the left. tree →
• My cousin is having a big party for her eighteenth. tree →
• One eighteenth of 36 is 2. tree →
• The golfer won on the eighteenth hole. tree →
• We read the eighteenth chapter last night. tree →
• In this way six years passed by, and his eighteenth birthday drew near. tree →

note

Short form «18th». Spelled «eighteenth» with «ee» in the middle (eight + teenth, one t). In maths: 1/18 of a number = the number divided by 18; 5/18 of 54 = 15. Ordinals show order, not amount.

In the corpora

• Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
• but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
• in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar, from Jerusalem, eight hundred thirty and two persons;
• the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez;
• For the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «eighteenth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.