18th
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- adjective
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decimoctavo
- Welcome to the 18th century - a world where ruthless pirates ruled the high seas.
- 18th century
- 18th birthday
- early 18th century
Examples
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This is the 18th fairway, and I'm right on the green.
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On his 18th birthday, will you share a cigarette with him?
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And let's not forget, your 18th birthday is next week.
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It was my 18th birthday.
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At the corner of 18th Street, a red convertible stopped for the light.
Fiction book (1995) -
She was an 18th century novelist, wrote supernatural stories.
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Informal gardens, also known as British gardens, were popularized in the 18th century and adhere to the shapes and contours of nature.
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She celebrated her 18th birthday with a big party surrounded by friends and family.
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Turning 18th means he is finally an adult and can vote in the elections.
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My sister always dreamed of having a special cake for her 18th birthday.
Synonyms
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Coming after the seventeenth in a list
Surface Forms
Morphology
18th = 18 (transparent) = 18 + th
The ordinal is formed by adding the standard English ordinal suffix '-th' to the numeral '18', which is directly comprehensible.
Etymology
18Th is just the number eighteen with the small ending -th, a part of English that marks order or position ('in order', 'place'). So 18th simply means the person or thing in the eighteenth place.