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Definitions for Eight
[1] a cardinal number, seven plus one.
[2] a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII.
[3] a set of this many persons or things, as the crew of an eight-oared racing shell.
[4] a playing card the face of which bears eight pips.
[5] Informal . an automobile powered by an eight-cylinder engine. an eight-cylinder engine.
[6] amounting to eight in number.
[7] the cardinal number that is the sum of one and seven and the product of two and four See also number (def. 1)
[8] a numeral, 8, VIII, etc, representing this number
[9] music the numeral 8 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in quavers
[10] the amount or quantity that is one greater than seven
[11] something representing, represented by, or consisting of eight units, such as a playing card with eight symbols on it
[12] rowing a racing shell propelled by eight oarsmen the crew of such a shell
[13] Also called: eight o'clock eight hours after noon or midnight
[14] have one over the eight slang to be drunk
[15] See figure of eight
[16] amounting to eight (as pronoun ) I could only find eight
Words related to Eight
octave, octad, octet, octagon, octagonal, octennial
Words nearby Eight
eigenfunction, eigentone, eigenvalue, eigenvector, eiger, eight, eight ball, eight-spot, eight-track tape, eightball, eighteen
Origin of Eight
before 1000; Middle English eighte, Old English (e)ahta; cognate with Dutch acht, Old Saxon, Old High German ahto (German acht ), Old Norse ātta, Gothic ahtau, Latin octō, Greek oktṓ, Old Irish ocht, Welsh wyth, Breton eiz, Tocharian B okt, Lithuanian aštuonì, Albanian tetë, Armenian uth, Persian hasht, Sanskrit aṣṭáu; apparently an old dual in form, but not clear of what
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Related prefixes: octa-, octo-
Word origin for Eight
Old English eahta; related to Old High German ahto, Old Norse ātta, Old Irish ocht, Latin octō, Greek okto, Sanskrit astau