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Word: Eight
Speech Type: Numeral
Etymology:
Old English ehta, eahta, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German acht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin octo and Greek oktō
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
eɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
equivalent to the product of two and four; one more than seven, or two less than ten; 8
Short Definition:one more than seven
Examples:- a committee of eight members
- eight of them were unemployed
- eight were acquitted
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