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Eight

eight is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

egg - eight - either

English numbers ^(edit)

	80
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Cardinal: eight     Ordinal: eighth     Multiplier: octuple     Distributive: octuply     Fractional: eighth

Pronunciation

• enPR: āt IPA ^(key): /eɪt/
• SAMPA: /eIt/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: ate

Determiner

Determiner eight

1. (number) (indefinite) (plural) (count) (ordinal eighth) The number eight is one more than seven and one less than nine.

   Most people work about eight hours a day.

Noun

Singular eight

Plural eights

1. The number 8.

   Four and four is eight.