eight

[ eyt ]
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noun
  1. a cardinal number, seven plus one.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII.

  1. a set of this many persons or things, as the crew of an eight-oared racing shell.

  2. a playing card the face of which bears eight pips.

  3. Informal.

    • an automobile powered by an eight-cylinder engine.

    • an eight-cylinder engine.

adjective
  1. amounting to eight in number.

Origin of eight

1
before 1000; Middle English eighte,Old English (e)ahta; cognate with Dutch acht,Old Saxon, Old High German ahto (German acht), Old Norse ātta,Gothic ahtau,Latin octō,Greek oktṓ,Old Irish ocht,Welsh wyth,Breton eiz,Tocharian B okt,Lithuanian aštuonì,Albanian tetë, Armenian uth,Persian hasht,Sanskrit aṣṭáu; apparently an old dual in form, but not clear of what

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British Dictionary definitions for eight

eight

/ (eɪt) /


noun
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and seven and the product of two and four: See also number (def. 1)

  2. a numeral, 8, VIII, etc, representing this number

  1. music the numeral 8 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in quavers

  2. the amount or quantity that is one greater than seven

  3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of eight units, such as a playing card with eight symbols on it

  4. rowing

    • a racing shell propelled by eight oarsmen

    • the crew of such a shell

  5. Also called: eight o'clock eight hours after noon or midnight

  6. have one over the eight slang to be drunk

determiner
    • amounting to eight

    • (as pronoun): I could only find eight

Origin of eight

1
Old English eahta; related to Old High German ahto, Old Norse ātta, Old Irish ocht, Latin octō, Greek okto, Sanskrit astau

Other words from eight

  • Related prefixes: octa-, octo-

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Other Idioms and Phrases with eight

eight

see behind the eight ball.

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