eight
being one more than seven
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,024 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,891 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- being one more than seven also: 8, viii
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one also: 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad
- a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life also: Ashcan School
- one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face also: eight-spot
eight in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Illustrated with eight Engravings, from Original designs.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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The eight thousand francs seemed in imminent danger.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Their population generally amounts to eight or ten men—seldom to thirty.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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Over her cheap white muslin curtains (eight and eleven a pair at Robson's) she hung Turkey-red draperies.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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There never was so fascinating a father as mine for a boy anything under eight or ten years old.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1