What does eight mean?
Definitions for eight
eɪteight
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word eight.
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.
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.]
Freebase
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
We have whittled down potential sites from eight to three, all of which are within 60 to 70 km (37 to 44 miles) from Addis Ababa, once approved, the construction is only a question of four or five years.
Russians massively intervened in 2016 and they are prepared to do so again in voting that is set to begin a mere eight months from now.
I knew seven, eight years ago that our industry was going to change and change dramatically.
We've lived here for eight centuries, if you live in an area for that long, you tend to develop social and political capital.
I first heard it and was exposed to it because I think at the time the NBA was using it and they referenced Synergy this and Synergy that and it was during a time where it was really fortunate to be a Arizona State where he had a video coordinator, we had an assistant video coordinator and I think we had like seven or eight managers, a video coordinator at the time was into that stuff. He was really into the technology part of the basketball world. A lot of NBA guys, coaches, scouts, they would come through Arizona State and they mentioned it a lot.
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Translations for eight
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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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