Definition of "eight" in англійська

numeral

1. A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

2. Describing a group or set with eight elements.

   • He works eight hours a day.

noun

1. The digit/figure 8.

2. (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.

3. (nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.

4. (rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.

5. (rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.

6. Eight o'clock.

adjective

1. Obsolete spelling of eighth.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)