eight
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eight/eɪt/
▶cardinal number
- 1 equivalent to the product of two and four; one more than seven, or two less than ten; 8. (Roman numeral: viii or VIII)
- 2 an eight-oared rowing boat or its crew.
– phrases
have one over the eight Brit. informal have one drink too many.
have one over the eight Brit. informal have one drink too many.
– derivatives
eightfold adjective & adverb.
eightfold adjective & adverb.
– origin OE ehta, eahta, of Gmc origin.
'eight' also found in these Oxford entries:
ashtanga
- ba gua
- barry
- bell
- bridge
- byte
- common metre
- cuttlefish
- diapason
- dollar
- eight ball
- eighteen
- eighth
- eights
- eightsome reel
- eighty
- elementary school
- embryo
- equivalent
- factor VIII
- fetus
- figure of eight
- file
- first school
- florin
- G8
- gallon
- gyronny
- Hanukkah
- I Ching
- lancer
- long metre
- major
- menorah
- Methuselah
- middle eight
- octa-
- octad
- octagon
- octahedron
- octamerous
- octane
- octant
- octastyle
- octavalent
- octave
- octavo
- octennial
- octet
