Eight
/eit/
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Definition
Noun:
- The cardinal number equal to 7 + 1: The natural number following seven and preceding nine.
- A symbol representing this number: The numeral "8".
- A set or group with eight members: For example, a team of eight rowers.
- A playing card with eight pips: One of the four cards in a deck bearing eight symbols (hearts, diamonds, clubs, or spades).
Adjective:
- Amounting to eight in number: Being one more than seven.
Examples
- Noun:
- The number after seven is eight.
- She drew an eight of hearts from the deck.
- The rowing team consists of an eight.
- Adjective:
- There are eight planets in our solar system.
- He will be eight years old tomorrow.
Advanced Usage
- "The Eight": A specific historical reference to a group of eight American realist painters (Robert Henri and others) who exhibited together in 1908.
- The Ashcan School is associated with the artistic rebellion of The Eight.
- "Figure of eight": A pattern, shape, or movement resembling the numeral 8.
- The ice skater traced a perfect figure of eight on the rink.
Variants and Related Words
- Eighth (adj., n.): Constituting number eight in a sequence; one of eight equal parts.
- He finished in eighth place.
- An eighth of the pie is left.
- Eighteen (n., adj.): The number 18 (10 + 8).
- Eighty (n., adj.): The number 80 (8 x 10).
Synonyms
- Octet: A group of eight people or things, especially musicians.
- Ogdoad: (Formal) A group or set of eight.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- To have one over the eight: (Idiom, chiefly British, informal) To be slightly drunk.
- After three pints, he'd definitely had one over the eight.
- Behind the eight ball: (Idiom) In a difficult or disadvantageous position.
- Missing the deadline put the entire project behind the eight ball.
- Eight days a week: (Idiom) Very frequently or constantly.
- She works hard, almost eight days a week.
Adjective
- being one more than seven
Noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
- a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one