eighth
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- adjective
- /eɪtθ/
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octavo
- During the students' sixth through eighth grade years, the mentors followed a teaching role.
- an eighth-grade student
- an eighth-grader
- the eighth week
We did have the eighth worst year in history in the S&P;.
- We did have the eighth worst year in history in the S&P;.
- I'm going to be an eighth standard this year and have mostly completed my textbook for the same.
- We should create an eighth day of the week and just call it whatever his fucking name is and that's it.
Examples
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The sample consisted of 20 seventh and eighth-grade students enrolled in an enrichment class for gifted students.
Academic text (1990) -
The researcher surveyed 1,153 students from fifth, eighth, and 11th grade in forty-one school districts across New York State.
Academic text (2011) -
In her eighth week here..
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My brother Jack is in eighth grade.
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I stopped growing after the eighth grade.
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This is the eighth time he's called me in the last hour.
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One important advantage was that only eighth-grade males were allowed to hold places for others.
Fiction book (1993) -
Different music was used for fifth and sixth grades, while seventh and eighth grades played similar music.
Academic text (2011) -
The support for the young students shifted to tutoring during their eighth-grade year because of a critical factor.
Academic text (2011) -
My brother Jack is in eighth grade this year.
Compounds
- Informal
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Something very impressive that people compare to the ancient wonders
- Specialized
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A musical note that lasts half a beat and is written with a solid head, stem, and one flag
- Specialized
The nerve that carries sound and balance signals from the inner ear to the brain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The adjective eighth is made from eight + -th and means 'after the seventh', so it describes something in the eighth place, for example the eighth floor of a building.