eight
eight Lexical Profile
eight Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Amounting to one more than seven; totaling two times four.
"A standard spider has eight legs."
• noun
The cardinal number equivalent to the sum of seven and one; a symbol representing this number, such as the Arabic numeral 8 or the Roman numeral VIII.
"She drew a figure eight on the ice during her skating routine."
A playing card with eight pips of a given suit.
"He played the eight of spades to win the trick."
A narrow racing boat propelled by a crew of eight sweep rowers and steered by a coxswain, or the crew itself.
"The university's varsity eight won the regatta by two boat lengths."
• pronoun
Eight people or things previously mentioned or easily identified from context.
"Ten applicants were interviewed for the fellowship, and eight were selected."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse with its homophone 'ate', which is the past tense of the verb 'eat'.
• Rhymes for eight
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English eahta, derived from Proto-Germanic *ahto and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *okto-, meaning 'eight' (the source of Latin octo and Greek okto).
Usage Trend
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