[syn: eighteen, 18, xviii]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eighteen \Eight"een`\ ([=a]"t[=e]n`), a. [AS. eahtat[=y]ne,
eahtat[=e]ne. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty.]
Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eighteen \Eight"een`\, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen
units or objects.
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2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eighteen
adj 1: being one more than seventeen [syn: eighteen, 18,
xviii]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
[syn: eighteen, 18, XVIII]