eight
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.
amounting to eight in number.
Origin of eight
1Words that may be confused with eight
- ate, eight
Words Nearby eight
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How to use eight in a sentence
That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.
I could complain about how, two out of eight episodes in, Agent Carter is in no hurry to introduce its real villain.
The Air Force has about seven pilots for every eight drone pilot slots, in other words.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says | Dave Majumdar | January 5, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the kids had a ball in his hand, and Cuomo took it and tossed it back and forth to an eight year old.
If you answered nine or more, you may have won a SONY Betamax and an eight-track operating system.
When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayAfter an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.
But what might have been very practicable for eight hundred and sixty men, was impossible for three hundred and sixty.
At six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe card table profitably occupies some six to eight hours daily of these old fellows' attention.
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British Dictionary definitions for eight
/ (eɪt) /
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and seven and the product of two and four: See also number (def. 1)
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 called: eight o'clock eight hours after noon or midnight
have one over the eight slang to be drunk
See figure of eight
amounting to eight
(as pronoun): I could only find eight
Origin of eight
1Other words from eight
- Related prefixes: octa-, octo-
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Other Idioms and Phrases with eight
see behind the eight ball.
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