eight
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[edit] English
- Western (Arabic) numerals: eight, 8
- Greek numerals: ηʹ
- Roman numerals: VIII
[edit] Etymology
Old English eahta
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Cardinal number
eight
- The cardinal number occurring after seven and before nine. Ordinal: eighth.
- He works eight hours a day.
- Describing a set or group with eight components.
[edit] Quotations
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
[edit] Translations
cardinal number 8
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set or group with eight components
[edit] Noun
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eight (plural eights)
- (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
- The digit/figure 8.
- (nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which a eight rowers each have two oars
- (rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate
[edit] Translations
Playing card with value 8
The digit/figure 8
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