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eight

noun

Simple meaning

One of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face.

Pronunciation

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ayt
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈeɪt

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. playing cards

    One of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face

  2. playing cards

    Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.

  3. The digit/figure 8.

  4. Eight o'clock.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: One of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face

Used this way, eight is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use eight

  • “There are exactly eight slices of pizza left for dinner.”noun

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Cardinal

eight thousandchapter eight

United

eight dayseight years

Other combinations

eight hourseight hundred

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Word Family

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Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • eightynounDerived noun

    The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • eighter from decaturnounCompound term

    The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.

  • eight-spotnounCompound term

    One of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face.

  • eight ballnounCompound term

    A black pool ball bearing the number 8.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • eighthnounRelated term

    Position eight in a countable series of things.

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