eighth B2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /eɪtθ/ UK /eɪtθ/ See IPA manual Freq #6908 Meanings 1 adj coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position He sat in the eighth row. 2 noun one part in eight equal parts He sat in the eighth row. 3 noun position eight in a countable series of things He sat in the eighth row. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · one part in eight equal parts one-eighth Word family Forms Eighthly Common collocations eighth grade Adjective + noun Etymology Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix). Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # eighth **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /eɪtθ/ **IPA (UK):** /eɪtθ/ **Frequency rank:** 6908 ## Meanings 1. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position 2. one part in eight equal parts 3. position eight in a countable series of things ## Examples - He sat in the eighth row. - He sat in the eighth row. - He sat in the eighth row. ## Synonyms - one-eighth ## Etymology Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix). ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown