eight
//eɪt//
Forms
- Plural
- eights
Definitions
1.The digit/figure 8.
- I study from eight to eleven.
2.A race in which such craft participate.
- I study from eight to eleven.
3.Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
- I study from eight to eleven.
4.A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
- I study from eight to eleven.
1.A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
- The statement did not specify the location of that trip, but provided further details of her romantic life, stating that Saroukos and her husband spent eight days together before she returned to Australia on Dec. 21.
2.Describing a group or set with eight elements.
- He works eight hours a day.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #924
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
PIE word
*oḱtṓw
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Germanic *ahtōu
Proto-West Germanic *ahtō
Old English eahta
Middle English eighte
English eight