Meaning & use
number eighteen
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Meanings
number
The number 18, coming after seventeen and before nineteen.
Grammar: Used before a noun: number eighteen bus. Also used alone: eighteen people came.
Patterns
- number eighteen + noun
- the number eighteen
She lives at number eighteen on the high street.
There are number eighteen students in the class today.
The number eighteen bus goes to the station.
nounsingularsport
The eighteenth hole on a golf course, or the score of 18 in a game.
Grammar: Usually with 'the': the eighteenth is the last hole.
Patterns
- the eighteenth
- on the eighteenth
He sank a long putt on the eighteenth to win the match.
The clubhouse is near the eighteenth.
Common combinations
- number eighteen bus
- Take the number eighteen bus to the museum.
- at number eighteen
- They live at number eighteen, next to the bakery.
- the eighteenth hole
- The eighteenth hole is the hardest on the course.
Synonyms and how they differ
- eighteen
- Use 'eighteen' when the number stands alone; use 'number eighteen' mainly for buses, houses, or positions.
Word family
- eighteen number
- The number 18.
- eighteenth adjective
- Coming after the seventeenth.
Commonly confused: number eighteen or eighteen?
number eighteen vs eighteen
'Eighteen' is the number itself; 'number eighteen' is used for things like buses or houses that have that number.
Practice
Which sentence is correct?
Choose one answer.
'Number eighteen' comes before the noun: the number eighteen bus. Option 3 misses 'the' and sounds incomplete; option 1 is the natural way to say it.
Make it your own
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