🇬🇧 Eighteen meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Eighteen is the number you get when you count up from one and stop after saying “seventeen,” and just before you say “nineteen.” It means there are 18 things altogether, like 18 fingers in a family of four plus two extra, or 18 cookies on a plate before everyone attacks them.

I practiced my evil villain laugh eighteen times, and on the last one the dog moved to another room.

I told my alarm clock to snooze for eighteen more minutes, and it answered by falling off the table in protest.

I stared at my math homework for eighteen whole minutes before realizing it was upside down.

The cookie jar claimed to have eighteen cookies, but that was obviously a fairy tale after I walked by.

Mom told me to clean my room, and I discovered eighteen missing toys hiding under the bed like a secret society.

Anna has seventeen blue balloons. She finds one more balloon and says, "Eighteen!" Her friend brings a small cake with eighteen candles. Anna lights eighteen candles and makes a quiet wish. Friends clap: "seventeen, eighteen, nineteen." Anna blows, smiles, and her friends clap. She is happy with eighteen balloons now.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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