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# eighteenth

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

«eighteenth» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Coming next after the seventeenth in order; number 18 in a line or list. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#m1)
2. (fraction) One of eighteen equal parts of something: one eighteenth, written 1/18. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#x1)
- Our house is the eighteenth on the left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#x2)
- My cousin is having a big party for her eighteenth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#x3)
- One eighteenth of 36 is 2. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#x4)
- The golfer won on the eighteenth hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#x5)
- We read the eighteenth chapter last night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#x6)
- In this way six years passed by, and his eighteenth birthday drew near. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/#x7)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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

- the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez; (Writings 1CH.24.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eighteenth/#x1)
- For the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eighteenth/#x2)
- In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. (Writings 2CH.13.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eighteenth/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eighteenth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eighteenth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «eighteenth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eighteenth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eighteenth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/eighteenth.html) on Mova free.