eight

Examples

• All

• Boats are grouped by the number of rowers onboard: singles, doubles, fours, and eights.

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• Hardly anybody can name all eight of their great grandparents.

• Nine people in that room, eight former military guys.

• For now, we've got eight of your most iconic quotes.

• I think spiders have eight eyes and eight legs, don't they?

• The William Smith College rowing team successfully defended its women's collegiate eights championship at the Head of the Genesee in Rochester, N.Y., on Saturday.

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• The list includes eight different types of fruit.

• When counting the students, I realized there were exactly eight in the group.

Synonyms

V

VIII

vseight

24 1.8

A Roman way of writing the number eight

is the spoken numeric word rather than a written numeral symbol

O

ogdoad

vseight

• Archaic

1 9.9

A group of eight things

is the basic numeric word rather than that specific alternative name

O

octad

vseight

9.0

A group of eight people or things

is the simple counting word used for that same quantity in speech

O

octonary

vseight

• Archaic

9.9

The number eight

is the everyday numeric term for this value and its groups

Idioms

B

behind the eight-ball

• Informal

3 9.6

In a difficult situation with little chance to make things better

F

fall seven times, stand up eight

9.0

To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail

O

one over the eight

• Archaic

9.9

A little drunk after drinking too much alcohol

Compounds

E

eight-day

12 5.1

Lasting for eight days, like a clock that only needs to be wound once a week

E

eight ball

7 4.4

A black ball with the number 8 that must be pocketed last in some pool games

P

piece of eight

• Archaic

3 9.9

An old Spanish silver coin worth eight reales used widely in trade from the 1500s to 1800s

S

Section Eight

• Slur

1 9.9

A US Army discharge given for mental illness or bad behaviour

F

figure eight

1 2.8

A flat shape with two loops joined like the number eight

F

figure eight

1 4.9

A skating move that traces two joined loops on the ice

S

seventy-eight

• Archaic

1 9.9

An old record for a record player that spins 78 times a minute

E

eight-spot

7.8

A playing card with eight small symbols on its face

F

figure eight

• Specialized

5.0

A knot tied near the rope end that stops it slipping through a hole and looks like the number eight

F

figure of eight

4.8

A shape like the number eight made by one line crossing itself

F

figure of eight

• Specialized

5.1

A knot shaped like the number eight used to stop a rope slipping

Surface Forms

Etymology