Definitions for eight
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet(noun)

   the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

2. Ashcan School, Eight(noun)

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

3. eight-spot, eight(adj)

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

4. eight, 8, viii(adj)

   being one more than seven

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. eight(Noun)

   The digit/figure 8.

2. eight(Noun)

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

3. eight(Noun)

   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. eight(Noun)

   A race in which such craft participate

Origin: From eight, aught, eahte, ahte, from eahta, from ahtōu, from oḱtṓw. Cognate with aucht, acht, acht, acht, acht, åtta, átta, octo, ὀκτώ, ocht.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Eight(noun)

   an island in a river; an ait

2. Eight(adj)

   seven and one; as, eight years

3. Eight(noun)

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

4. Eight(noun)

   a symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii

Origin: [See Ait.]

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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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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. Vladimir Putin:

   These last eight years…

2. Japanese Proverb:

   Fall seven times, stand up eight.

3. Japanese Proverb:

   Fall down seven times, get up eight.

4. Gwen Stefani:

   I wrote the bulk of it in eight weeks.

5. La Yaguara:

   No one wants to line up for eight hours.

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