eighteen

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eighteen - 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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  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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eighteen - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]