eighth

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Cardinal: eight     Ordinal: eighth     Multiplier: octuple     Distributive: octuply     Fractional: eighth

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ātth, IPA ^(key): /eɪtθ/
• (US) enPR: ātth or āth, IPA ^(key): /eɪtθ/ or /eɪθ/

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Adjective

Positive eighth

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. (ordinal number) The eighth thing is the one that is number eight (8) in order.

   James Irwin was the eighth person to walk on the moon.

Related words

• seventh
• ninth

Noun

Singular eighth

Plural eighths

1. (countable) A eighth of something is one of eight equal parts of that thing.

   Half of one quarter is an eighth.