eighth
English
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Cardinal: eight Ordinal: eighth Latinate ordinal: octonary Adverbial: eight times Multiplier: eightfold Latinate multiplier: octuple Distributive: octuply Group collective: eightsome Multipart collective: octuplet Greek or Latinate collective: octad Greek collective prefix: octo-, octa- Latinate collective prefix: octo- Fractional: eighth Latinate fractional prefix: octant- Elemental: octuplet Greek prefix: ogdo- Number of musicians: octet Number of years: octennium |
Alternative forms
- eight (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English eiȝtthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪtθ, -eɪθ
Adjective
eighth (not comparable)
Synonyms
Translations
ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
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Noun
eighth (plural eighths)
- The person or thing in the eighth position.
- One of eight equal parts of a whole.
- (slang) An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.
Synonyms
- (person or thing in the eighth position): eighth one
- (One of eight equal parts): ⅛, henry (for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana in the UK)
Coordinate terms
- (One of eight equal parts): epogoon (a number greater by a ratio of 1⅛)
Translations
person or thing in the eighth position
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one of eight equal parts of a whole
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slang: a quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce
Verb
eighth (third-person singular simple present eighths, present participle eighthing, simple past and past participle eighthed)
- to divide by eight
- 2013 Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking page 31
- The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective.
- 2013 Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking page 31
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