Eighth
adjective
Coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position.
She finished in eighth place.
Often appears as...
- eighth place
- eighth grade
noun
One of eight equal parts of something.
Cut the cake into eighths.
Often appears as...
- divided into eighths
- one eighth
adverb
In the eighth position in a series.
She lives in the house eighth from the corner.
Often appears as...
- eighth in line
- eighth on the list
noun
The one in the eighth position.
The eighth will be served dessert last.
Often appears as...
- the eighth in line
- the eighth on the list
adjective
Coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position.
She finished in eighth place.
Often appears as...
- eighth place
- eighth grade
noun
One of eight equal parts of something.
Cut the cake into eighths.
Often appears as...
- divided into eighths
- one eighth
adverb
In the eighth position in a series.
She lives in the house eighth from the corner.
Often appears as...
- eighth in line
- eighth on the list
noun
The one in the eighth position.
The eighth will be served dessert last.
Often appears as...
- the eighth in line
- the eighth on the list
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Pro Tip 1/2Ordinal Usage
Use 'eighth' to describe order, often found in competitions and lists.
He was the eighth runner to cross the finish line.
Pro Tip 2/2Typical Contexts
'Eighth' is common in school settings or music for grades and notes.
She's learning fractions in eighth grade.
Pro Tip 1/2Ordinal Usage
Use 'eighth' to describe order, often found in competitions and lists.
He was the eighth runner to cross the finish line.
Pro Tip 2/2Typical Contexts
'Eighth' is common in school settings or music for grades and notes.
She's learning fractions in eighth grade.
Pro Tip 1/2Ordinal Usage
Use 'eighth' to describe order, often found in competitions and lists.
He was the eighth runner to cross the finish line.
Pro Tip 2/2Typical Contexts
'Eighth' is common in school settings or music for grades and notes.
She's learning fractions in eighth grade.
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The trauma of systematic...
like most all women I know, she had prioritized the care of others over caring for herself. We measured her strength by her capacity to endure pain and suffering. We celebrated her for it, and our choice would prove to be deadly. One night after pressing my hair before the first day of eighth grade, my grandmother went to bed and never woke up,
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The lies our culture...
And what they do is they take a bunch of kids, an eighth grade class, they put a mom and an infant, and then the students have to guess what the infant is thinking, to teach empathy. There was one kid in a class who was bigger than the rest because he'd been held back, been through the foster care system,
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Why domestic violence...
which was that, as a very young boy starting at age four, he had been savagely and repeatedly physically abused by his stepfather, and the abuse had gotten so bad that he had had to drop out of school in eighth grade, even though he was very smart, and he'd spent almost 20 years rebuilding his life.
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
I would take classes at the art museum, and I was surrounded by other kids who loved to draw, other kids who shared a similar passion. Now my publishing career began when I designed the cover for my eighth grade yearbook, and if you're wondering about the style of dress I put our mascot in,
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The call to learn PIPE...
and with the help of a very beat up oscilloscope -- measured the speed of light. We were off by 25 percent. How many eighth graders do you know of who have measured the speed of light? In addition to that, we've measured the speed of sound. I'd love to measure the speed of light here.
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How to read music - Tim...
two to a half note, four to a quarter note, and eight to an eighth note, and so on. So this time signature here tells us that there are four quarter notes in each bar, one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four, and so on. But like I said before, if we just stick to the beat,
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"To This Day" ... for...
adopted, not because his parents opted for a different destiny. He was three when he became a mixed drink of one part left alone and two parts tragedy, started therapy in eighth grade, had a personality made up of tests and pills,
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Madagascar's Mysterious...
it's been called the eighth continent because it is so different it's been this isolated world unto itself for so long and that's why everything here is so unique not a lot of people know about the fusa the fusa is the largest
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Rescued Spider Monkey...
percent in the last 45 years this is now the eighth troop to be released by the rescue center and will help boost the wild population
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Lowering the world’s...
okay this is one Philippe my second son he was 16 months old when he fell from an eighth floor in
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The trauma of systematic...
like most all women I know, she had prioritized the care of others over caring for herself. We measured her strength by her capacity to endure pain and suffering. We celebrated her for it, and our choice would prove to be deadly. One night after pressing my hair before the first day of eighth grade, my grandmother went to bed and never woke up,
Video examples
The lies our culture...
And what they do is they take a bunch of kids, an eighth grade class, they put a mom and an infant, and then the students have to guess what the infant is thinking, to teach empathy. There was one kid in a class who was bigger than the rest because he'd been held back, been through the foster care system,
Video examples
Why domestic violence...
which was that, as a very young boy starting at age four, he had been savagely and repeatedly physically abused by his stepfather, and the abuse had gotten so bad that he had had to drop out of school in eighth grade, even though he was very smart, and he'd spent almost 20 years rebuilding his life.
Video examples
Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
I would take classes at the art museum, and I was surrounded by other kids who loved to draw, other kids who shared a similar passion. Now my publishing career began when I designed the cover for my eighth grade yearbook, and if you're wondering about the style of dress I put our mascot in,
Video examples
The call to learn PIPE...
and with the help of a very beat up oscilloscope -- measured the speed of light. We were off by 25 percent. How many eighth graders do you know of who have measured the speed of light? In addition to that, we've measured the speed of sound. I'd love to measure the speed of light here.
Video examples
How to read music - Tim...
two to a half note, four to a quarter note, and eight to an eighth note, and so on. So this time signature here tells us that there are four quarter notes in each bar, one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four, and so on. But like I said before, if we just stick to the beat,
Video examples
"To This Day" ... for...
adopted, not because his parents opted for a different destiny. He was three when he became a mixed drink of one part left alone and two parts tragedy, started therapy in eighth grade, had a personality made up of tests and pills,
Video examples
Madagascar's Mysterious...
it's been called the eighth continent because it is so different it's been this isolated world unto itself for so long and that's why everything here is so unique not a lot of people know about the fusa the fusa is the largest
Video examples
Rescued Spider Monkey...
percent in the last 45 years this is now the eighth troop to be released by the rescue center and will help boost the wild population
Video examples
Lowering the world’s...
okay this is one Philippe my second son he was 16 months old when he fell from an eighth floor in
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Quote examples
Thomas Middleditch
Canadian Actor
In eighth grade, when I was just the school weirdo, my drama teacher put me in a play, and we came up with a few comedy bits. And that very first reaction, for an audience of supportive middle schoolers, I put my head out and pretended I got scared by the audience, and ducked back in. They all went: 'Yeah! That's great!
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Thomas Kail
American Director
I didn't really start going to see a lot of musicals and live theater probably until I was in seventh or eighth grade, maybe my first year of high school, and by that time I'd probably seen 'Grease' twice a year every year of my life.
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Shilpa Shetty
Indian Actress
I'm destiny's child. I wasn't meant to be born: my mother bled for four months when she was pregnant, and then she fell down the stairs in her eighth month of pregnancy. She nearly died; I believe I came into this world for a reason.
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Susan Straight
American Writer
For someone like me who's lived in the same place her whole life - I mean, I lived three blocks from where I was born, and I met my future husband in the eighth grade - there are always family stories and legends passed down.
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Shantel VanSanten
American Actress
When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person's life... inspire them.
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Radhika Madan
Indian Actress
When I was in eighth standard, I have been dancing since then. I love to dance. Dance has been my life all this while. Then I became a dance instructor. I have learnt jazz, hip-hop, ballet and many other forms.
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Kevin Knox
American Athlete
My dad coached pretty much my whole life. I think he stopped coaching me when I got to the seventh, eighth grade, serious AAU, when I started getting recruited and stuff like that.
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Nia Vardalos
Canadian Actress
Because I am a character actor, I thought I would be the fourth or eighth banana on a sitcom, and that would be OK.
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Ross Mathews
American Entertainer
I played football in eighth grade, and even though I had a passion for it, it turned out I'm no good at playing it.
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Gustav Mahler
Austrian Composer
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.
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Thomas Middleditch
Canadian Actor
In eighth grade, when I was just the school weirdo, my drama teacher put me in a play, and we came up with a few comedy bits. And that very first reaction, for an audience of supportive middle schoolers, I put my head out and pretended I got scared by the audience, and ducked back in. They all went: 'Yeah! That's great!
Quote examples
Thomas Kail
American Director
I didn't really start going to see a lot of musicals and live theater probably until I was in seventh or eighth grade, maybe my first year of high school, and by that time I'd probably seen 'Grease' twice a year every year of my life.
Quote examples
Shilpa Shetty
Indian Actress
I'm destiny's child. I wasn't meant to be born: my mother bled for four months when she was pregnant, and then she fell down the stairs in her eighth month of pregnancy. She nearly died; I believe I came into this world for a reason.
Quote examples
Susan Straight
American Writer
For someone like me who's lived in the same place her whole life - I mean, I lived three blocks from where I was born, and I met my future husband in the eighth grade - there are always family stories and legends passed down.
Quote examples
Shantel VanSanten
American Actress
When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person's life... inspire them.
Quote examples
Radhika Madan
Indian Actress
When I was in eighth standard, I have been dancing since then. I love to dance. Dance has been my life all this while. Then I became a dance instructor. I have learnt jazz, hip-hop, ballet and many other forms.
Quote examples
Kevin Knox
American Athlete
My dad coached pretty much my whole life. I think he stopped coaching me when I got to the seventh, eighth grade, serious AAU, when I started getting recruited and stuff like that.
Quote examples
Nia Vardalos
Canadian Actress
Because I am a character actor, I thought I would be the fourth or eighth banana on a sitcom, and that would be OK.
Quote examples
Ross Mathews
American Entertainer
I played football in eighth grade, and even though I had a passion for it, it turned out I'm no good at playing it.
Quote examples
Gustav Mahler
Austrian Composer
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.
Example 1 of 10
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