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eight

Syllabification: (eight)
Pronunciation: /āt/

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Definition of eight

number

  • equivalent to the product of two and four; one more than seven, or two less than ten; 8:a committee of eight members eight were acquitted eight of them were unemployed (Roman numeral: viii or VIII)
  • a group or unit of eight people or things:the win placed Canada closer to the final eight
  • eight years old:children as young as eight
  • eight o’clock:in time for dinner at eight
  • short for figure eight.
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by eight.
  • a playing card with eight pips.
  • an eight-oared rowboat or its crew.

Origin:

Old English ehta, eahta, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German acht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin octo and Greek oktō

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