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eight
[ eyt ]
noun
- a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII.
- a set of this many persons or things, as the crew of an eight-oared racing shell.
- a playing card the face of which bears eight pips.
- Informal.
- an automobile powered by an eight-cylinder engine.
- an eight-cylinder engine.
adjective
- amounting to eight in number.
eight
/ ɪ /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and seven and the product of two and four See also number
- a numeral, 8, VIII, etc, representing this number
- music the numeral 8 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in quavers
- the amount or quantity that is one greater than seven
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of eight units, such as a playing card with eight symbols on it
- rowing
- a racing shell propelled by eight oarsmen
- the crew of such a shell
- Also calledeight o'clock eight hours after noon or midnight
- have one over the eight slang.to be drunk
- See figure of eight
determiner
- amounting to eight
- ( as pronoun )
I could only find eight
Word History and Origins
Origin of eight1
Word History and Origins
Origin of eight1
Idioms and Phrases
see behind the eight ball .Example Sentences
On a forgettable night for Saracens, one positive was the performance of England number eight Tom Willis, who was applauded by both sets of fans when he was replaced in the second half.
"I'd be surprised if we're still in the top eight on Monday but at least qualification is still in our own hands in the final two games."
If they are to salvage this season, it must begin now - with eight victories in a row, Copa included.
Police have arrested and charged eight more people, aged 16 to 38, in an investigation into an ongoing gangland feud.
Other vaccine-preventable diseases would also probably pop up in the coming quarter-century — 190 cases of rubella, 18 of poliomyelitis, eight of diphtheria, according to the Stanford team’s models.
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How Do You Spell 8?
Spelling tips for 8
The word eight (8) is hard to spell because it is not spelled the way it sounds [ eyt ]. There are a number of silent letters.
How to spell eight: The easiest way to remember how to spell eight is with the classic mnemonic device: “I before E, except after C, except when it’s pronounced like a long A, as in neighbor and weigh.” The collection of letters eigh often makes a long A sound. To this, you simply add the t at the end: eight.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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