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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024eight /eɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a number, equal to seven plus one.
- a symbol for this number, such as 8 or VIII.
eighth /eɪtθ, eɪθ/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eight āt),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII.
- a set of this many persons or things, as the crew of an eight-oared racing shell.
- Gamesa playing card the face of which bears eight pips.
- Automotive, Informal Terms[Informal.]
- an automobile powered by an eight-cylinder engine.
- an eight-cylinder engine.
adj. - amounting to eight in number.
- bef. 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 októ̄, Old Irish ocht, Welsh wyth, Breton eiz, Tocharian B okt, Lithuanian aŝtuonì, Albanian tetë, Armenian uth, Persian hasht, Sanskrit aṣṭáu; apparently an old dual in form, but not clear of what
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: eight /eɪt/ n - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and seven and the product of two and four
- a numeral, 8, VIII, etc, representing this number
- the numeral 8 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in quavers
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of eight units, such as a playing card with eight symbols on it
- a racing shell propelled by eight oarsmen
- the crew of such a shell
- Also called: eight o'clock eight hours after noon or midnight
- have one over the eight ⇒ slang to be drunk
determiner - amounting to eight
- (as pronoun): I could only find eight
Etymology: Old English eahta; related to Old High German ahto, Old Norse ātta, Old Irish ocht, Latin octō, Greek okto, Sanskrit astau |