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eight

The correct spelling is eight.

How to pronounce eight

/eɪt/
noun

IPA: /eɪt/

Say it like: Ayt

The correct spelling is eight. The digit/figure 8. For example: "He works eight hours a day."

Usage Examples

He works eight hours a day.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The digit/figure 8.
  2. 2.Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
  3. 3.A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
  4. 4.(especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
  5. 5.The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.

numeral

  1. 1.A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
  2. 2.Describing a group or set with eight elements.

adjective

  1. 1.The ordinal form of the number eight.

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