eighteen
being one more than seventeen
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,937 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,583 times across 191,625 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- being one more than seventeen also: 18, xviii
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one also: 18, XVIII
eighteen in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They had eighteen guns, and we had but twelve.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Eighteen men had been brought up alive, and Johnny McLean was one.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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All this was done to perfection, but not by a young lady of eighteen.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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He found in it in gold, notes, and small change, seven hundred and eighteen francs.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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When these things happened Saphir was about eighteen years old, and fifteen years had passed away since the death of his mother.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1