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eighth
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[ adjective ] coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)A two run homer by Norm_Siebern and a solo_blast by Bill_Tuttle tied the game , and single runs in the eighth and ninth gave the Athletics their fifth victory in eight starts . With one down in the eighth , Marv_Throneberry drew a walk and stole second as Hyde fanned Tuttle . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Whenever artists , indeed , turned_to actual representations or molded three-dimensional_figures , which were rare down to 800 B.C. , they tended to reflect reality ( see Plate 6a , 9b ) ; a schematic , abstract treatment of men and animals , by intent , rose only in the late eighth century . The landscape of Greek history broadens widely , and rather abruptly , in the eighth century B.C. , the age of Homer 's `` rosy fingered Dawn '' . The modern student , who knows what was to come next , is likely to place first the factors of change which are visible in the eighth century . Related terms |
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[ noun ] position eight in a countable series of things
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