eight

eight /eɪt/ BrE AmE number, noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: eahta]
1. the number 8:
It’s only eight days till Christmas.
They woke at eight (=eight o'clock).
My parents died when I was eight (=eight years old).
2. [countable] a team of eight people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they row

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eight

eight [eight eights] [eɪt] ; [eɪt]

1. number 8 There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five.

2. noun a team of eight people who row a long narrow boat in races; the boat they row

see also figure of eight

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

eight / eɪt / number

A1 the number 8:

She was eight (years old) when her family moved here.

We've got eight people coming to dinner.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

eight

[e͟ɪt]
♦
eights
NUM
Eight is the number 8.
So far eight workers have been killed.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eight

eight /ˈeɪt/ noun, pl eights
1 [count] : the number 8
2 [count] : the eighth in a set or series
• the eight of hearts
3 [noncount] : eight o'clock
• Dinner is at eight.
• He's working until eight.
- eight adj
• eight cars
- eight pronoun
• Eight (of them) passed the test.