Used in a Sentence

eighth

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for eighth.

Editorial note

This is very interesting, given that ScienceDaily reported the discovery of the seventh and eighth bases in 2011!

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The person or thing in the eighth position.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of eighth gathered in one view.

noun

The person or thing in the eighth position.

noun

One of eight equal parts of a whole.

noun

An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for eighth.

Example sentences

1

This is very interesting, given that ScienceDaily reported the discovery of the seventh and eighth bases in 2011!

2

Is about the seventh or eighth invasion of Iraq in the past 100 years for the UK.

3

If your mouse cursor or terminal was continually an eighth of a second behind your input, you'd get pissed fast.

4

This is the eighth time this same link has been posted in the last 3 days...

5

The cost structure however, is very different in the first year and in the eighth.

6

Seventh Circle: Nonpublication of Data and Eighth Circle: Partial Publication of Data are particularly egregious, but common sins in the scientific publication world.

7

So now we have kids starting college prep in the sixth grade and taking AP tests in the eighth.

8

Me: And eight binary digits, two to the eighth, which is one byte?

9

The seventh has tables, oak cupboards with plates, While an elephant, bear, two giraffes fill the eighth.

10

We're using lean startup and as of our eighth prototype I've maxed out my programming skills.

11

How does this not violate the Eighth Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

12

My eighth grade English class was innovative in that it used a textbook based on phrase-structure transformational grammar to teach me a lot of my English grammar.

Quote examples

1

Read "The Eighth Day of Creation", it covers this in exhaustively cited detail.

2

From Scott Alexander's post, The Eighth Meditation on Superweapons and Bingo [1]: > But why would someone use "I'm not racist, but..."?

3

This was the most familiar: "My eighth Rule.

4

I've put "Find the eighth word" on a list...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use eighth in a sentence?

This is very interesting, given that ScienceDaily reported the discovery of the seventh and eighth bases in 2011!

What does eighth mean?

The person or thing in the eighth position.

What part of speech is eighth?

eighth is commonly used as noun, adjective.