What does eight mean?
Definitions for eight
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Princeton's WordNet
eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octetnoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
Ashcan School, Eightnoun
a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
eight-spot, eightadjective
one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
eight, 8, viiiadjective
being one more than seven
Wiktionary
eightnoun
The digit/figure 8.
eightnoun
Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
eightnoun
A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which a eight rowers each have two oars
eightnoun
A race in which such craft participate
Etymology: From eight, aught, eahte, ahte, from eahta, from ahtōu, from oḱtṓw. Cognate with aucht, acht, acht, acht, acht, åtta, átta, octo, ὀκτώ, ocht.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
EIGHTadjective
Twice four. A word of number.
Etymology: eahta, Saxon; ahta, Gothick; acht, Scottish.
This island contains eight score and eight miles in circuit. George Sandys, Journey.
ChatGPT
eight
Eight is a numerical value equivalent to the sum of four and four. It comes after seven and before nine in the counting system, and is considered an even number. The numeral symbol for eight is "8". In Roman numerals, it is represented as VIII.
Webster Dictionary
Eightnoun
an island in a river; an ait
Eightadjective
seven and one; as, eight years
Eightnoun
the number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects
Eightnoun
a symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii
Etymology: [See Ait.]
Wikidata
Eight
Eight was released in 2000 and is the eighth studio album by British rock band, New Model Army. Following the departure of Robert Heaton, Michael Dean and Dean White were recruited into the band, who also co-produced Eight with Justin Sullivan.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Eight
āt, n. the cardinal number one above seven: the figure (8 or viii.) denoting eight.—adj. noting the number eight.—adjs. and ns. Eight′een, eight and ten, twice nine; Eight′eenmō, same as Octodecimo (q.v.); Eight′eenth, the ordinal number corresponding to eighteen.—n. Eight′foil (her.), an eight-leaved grass.—adjs. Eight′fold, eight times any quantity; Eighth, the ordinal number corresponding to eight.—n. an eighth part.—adv. Eighth′ly, in the eighth place.—adjs. and ns. Eight′ieth, the ordinal number corresponding to eighty; Eight′y, eight times ten, fourscore.—An eight, a crew of a rowing-boat, consisting of eight oarsmen; An eight-oar, or simply Eight, the boat itself; An eight days, a week; Figure of eight, a figure shaped like an 8 made in skating; Piece of eight, a Spanish coin; The eights, annual bumping boat-races which take place in the summer term in Oxford and Cambridge between the various colleges. [A.S. eahta; Ger. acht, L. octo, Gr. oktō.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'eight' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #847
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Rank popularity for the word 'eight' in Written Corpus Frequency: #193
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of eight in a Sentence
We got to the hospital around 10:30, and by one o'clock they took him for surgery, i heard from them sometime after eight o'clock that evening that he was stable throughout the surgery and that everything had gone well.
I was saying this eight years ago before anybody else, so I'm happy that at least the message … is taking root throughout Tea Party.
So Ryder Cup tells me something must be working, why would you try and invent the wheel and come up with a different format for Ryder Cup ? It would almost be like saying,' Why don't we have eight-round golf tournaments instead of four-round golf tournaments, let's try that ?' .
I fished with my father ever since I've been seven or eight, it passes down because it's just a natural thing for us -- my parents did it, I'm quite sure my parents' parents did it, and it just descended down.
It started when she was just an eight-week-old puppy and we bought her a skateboard just for a laugh, really, ive seen bulldogs in the U.S. skateboarding but none over here and thought it would be great if she took to it.
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- аабаAbkhaz
- agtAfrikaans
- ፰, ስምንትAmharic
- ueito, ueitAragonese
- ٨, ثَمَانِيَةٌArabic
- আটAssamese
- kimsaqallquAymara
- səkkizAzerbaijani
- һигеҙBashkir
- васьмёра, во́сем, васьмёркаBelarusian
- осмица, о́семBulgarian
- ৮, আটBengali
- ༨, བརྒྱདTibetan Standard
- eizhBreton
- huit, vuit, huitena, vuitenaCatalan, Valencian
- бархӏChechen
- ottuCorsican
- osmCzech
- осмьOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- саккӑрChuvash
- wythWelsh
- ottetal, otter, otteDanish
- AchtGerman
- οκτώGreek
- okEsperanto
- ochoSpanish
- kaheksaEstonian
- zortziBasque
- ۸, هشتPersian
- kasi, kahdeksikko, kahdeksanFinnish
- waluFijian
- áttaFaroese
- huitFrench
- achtWestern Frisian
- ochtIrish
- ochd, ochdnarScottish Gaelic
- oitoGalician
- poapyGuaraní
- ૮, આઠGujarati
- hoghtManx
- takwasHausa
- שְׁמוֹנֶה, שְׁמוֹנָהHebrew
- ८, आठHindi
- uitHaitian Creole
- nyolcHungarian
- ութArmenian
- octoInterlingua
- delapanIndonesian
- ꉆNuosu
- okIdo
- áttaIcelandic
- ottoItalian
- שמונהHebrew
- 八, 8, 八つJapanese
- woluJavanese
- რვაGeorgian
- сегізKazakh
- arfineq pingasutKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ប្រាំបីKhmer
- ಎಂಟು, ೮Kannada
- 여덟, 팔, 八Korean
- heştKurdish
- ethCornish
- сегизKyrgyz
- octoLatin
- AachtLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ແປດLao
- aštuonerios, aštuonetas, aštuoneri, aštuonios, aštuoniLithuanian
- astoņnieks, astotnieks, astoņas, astoņiLatvian
- valoMalagasy
- ralitōkMarshallese
- waruMāori
- осумка, осмица, о́сум, осморкаMacedonian
- എട്ട്Malayalam
- найм, ᠨᠠᠢᠮᠠᠨMongolian
- lapan, لاڤن, asta, دلاڤن, استا, selapan, سلاڤن, delapanMalay
- tmienjaMaltese
- ၈, ရှစ်Burmese
- aojuNauru
- आठNepali
- achtDutch
- åtteNorwegian
- tseebííNavajo, Navaho
- sanu n'zitatuChichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- uòch, uèch, uèitOccitan
- nishwaaswiOjibwe, Ojibwa
- ଆଠ, ୮Oriya
- астOssetian, Ossetic
- ੮, ਅੱਠPanjabi, Punjabi
- ósemka, ośmioro, osiemPolish
- اتهPashto, Pushto
- oitoPortuguese
- pusaqQuechua
- ot, och, otgRomansh
- optRomanian
- во́семь, восьмёрка, во́сьмероRussian
- अष्ट, अष्टन्Sanskrit
- òto, òtuSardinian
- اٺSindhi
- gávcciNorthern Sami
- ȍsam, о̏самSerbo-Croatian
- අටSinhala, Sinhalese
- osemSlovak
- ósemSlovene
- valuSamoan
- siddeedSomali
- tetëAlbanian
- dalapanSundanese
- åttaSwedish
- naneSwahili
- எட்டு, ௮Tamil
- ఎనిమిది, ౮Telugu
- ҳаштTajik
- แปด, ๘Thai
- sekizTurkmen
- waloTagalog
- valuTonga (Tonga Islands)
- sekizTurkish
- сигезTatar
- سەككىزUyghur, Uighur
- во́сьмеро, ві́сімка, ві́сімUkrainian
- آٹھUrdu
- sakkizUzbek
- támVietnamese
- ûtWalloon
- אַכטYiddish
- 八Chinese
- shiyagalombiliZulu
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