What does Eight mean?
Definitions for Eight
eɪteight
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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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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
I’ve been to eight of his last 12 events, and the Bernie merchandise sells a lot better than the Hillary, this was the number one seller at the Democratic convention.
It takes five to eight minutes for first responders. So the attack is over. If you had a teacher who was adept at firearms, they could very well end [the attack], we are looking at that very strongly. A lot of people will be opposed to it. A lot of people are gonna like it.
Earnings for the bottom 10 percent are rising faster than earnings for the top 10 percent, for the first time ever, since my election, the net worth for the bottom half of wage-earners has increased by 47 percent, three times faster than the increase for the top one-percent.Median household income is at an all-time high; for President Bush, in eight years it was $450. Under President Barack Hussein Obama, for eight years, it was $975. ... Under your favorite president, and when you include the tax cuts, the regulation cuts ... under President Trump, for three years, the number is almost $10,000 -- and its going up. Thats a big difference.
We must say goodbye to eight million dollar-a-year consultants and put those funds into development.
The miniatures pick things up quite quickly, i have eight of them and they each have a different personality.
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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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