What does eight mean?

Definitions for eight
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octetnoun

    the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

  2. Ashcan School, Eightnoun

    a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

  3. eight-spot, eightadjective

    one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face

  4. eight, 8, viiiadjective

    being one more than seven

Wiktionary

  1. eightnoun

    The digit/figure 8.

  2. eightnoun

    Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.

  3. 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

  4. eightnoun

    A race in which such craft participate

  5. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Eightnoun

    an island in a river; an ait

  2. Eightadjective

    seven and one; as, eight years

  3. Eightnoun

    the number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects

  4. Eightnoun

    a symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii

  5. Etymology: [See Ait.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'eight' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #847

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'eight' in Written Corpus Frequency: #193

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of eight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of eight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of eight in a Sentence

  1. Police Chief Calvin Williams:

    Loomis reportedly said Sunday. What we have now is completely irresponsible. City leaders have voiced confidence about their ability to secure the site. Police Chief Calvin Williams said Sunday that they’ve had protests every day for eight days and all have been peaceful. We've not really had any problems to speak of.

  2. Fox News:

    I would’ve never guessed I would’ve been a teacher, i started out my first degree program, computer science, wanted to work in computers, worked at Wells Fargo for eight years. In that time, during my service in the National Guard, I was put on the border mission in 2006. That’s when I started working a lot with the students at an elementary school and it just kind of touched me. It made me realize that here I am serving the country but there’s other ways that I can serve the country, as well, and serve the community.

  3. Mitch Skandalakis:

    They’re torturing these kids -- from the time they get on the bus they have to wear a mask to the time they get home they wear a mask, that is eight hours even when they are on the playground. These children are suffering, not learning. When they are not wearing masks properly they are being yelled at.

  4. Joellen Russell:

    One out of eight molecules of CO2 that is added to the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean around Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, within a year, this is the ocean to study. This is the critical component of our Earth's climate system.

  5. Fox News:

    When most people hear the name George W. Bush, they think of his eight years as President of the United States.

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