eight

/eɪt/

#2,413 of the most-used English words

noun

1. The digit/figure 8.
2. Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
3. A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
4. (especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.

numeral

1. A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
2. Describing a group or set with eight elements.
   "He works eight hours a day."

adjective

1. The ordinal form of the number eight.

Similar: 8th, VIII, VIIIth

noun

1. An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

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