Definition of Eight

1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.

Exact synonyms: 8, Eighter, Eighter From Decatur, Octad, Octet, Octonary, Ogdoad, Viii
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure

2. Adjective. Being one more than seven.
Exact synonyms: 8, Viii
Similar to: Cardinal

3. Noun. A group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life.
Exact synonyms: Ashcan School
Generic synonyms: School, Art Movement, Artistic Movement

4. Noun. One of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face.
Exact synonyms: Eight-spot
Generic synonyms: Spot

Definition of Eight

1. n. An island in a river; an ait.

2. a. Seven and one; as, eight years.

3. n. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.

Definition of Eight

1. Cardinal numeral. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine. ¹

2. Cardinal numeral. Describing a set or group with eight components. ¹

3. Noun. The digit/figure 8. ¹

4. Noun. (context: playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value ''eight.'' ¹

5. Noun. (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 ¹

6. Noun. (rowing especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eight

1. a number [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eight

eigenstructures
eigensubspace
eigensubspaces
eigensystems
eigentime
eigentone
eigentones
eigentriples
eigenvalue
eigenvalues
eigenvarieties
eigenvector
eigenvectors
eigenwaves
eigh
eight (current term)
eight-ball
eight-bar blues
eight-membered
eight-pack
eight-packs
eight-penny nail
eight-spot
eight-thousander
eight-thousanders
eight ball
eight hundred
eight o'clock
eight pack
eight packs

Literary usage of Eight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1854)
"liam Jones, Jr., appointed by the Board of Education to fill a vacancy, will cease to hold office the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight ..."

2. The Child Labor Bulletin by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) (1914)
"During the two years' campaign in Massachusetts for the Uniform Child Labor Law, the real objection was always against the eight-hour day for children under ..."

3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine (1909)
"THE FOURTH BOOK Augustine's life frpm nineteen to eight-and-twenty; ... this space of nine years then (from my nineteenth year tR my eight-and-twentieth) we ..."

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