EIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eight mean? 

• EIGHT (noun)
  The noun EIGHT has 3 senses:

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

2. a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

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

  Familiarity information: EIGHT used as a noun is uncommon.

• EIGHT (adjective)
  The adjective EIGHT has 1 sense:

1. being one more than seven

  Familiarity information: EIGHT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

8; eight; eighter; eighter from Decatur; octad; octet; octonary; ogdoad; VIII

Hypernyms ("eight" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Ashcan School; Eight

Hypernyms ("Eight" is a kind of...):

school (a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers)

art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

eight; eight-spot

Hypernyms ("eight" is a kind of...):

spot (a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value)

• EIGHT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being one more than seven

Synonyms:

8; eight; viii

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

When I discovered my loss, Mr. Holmes, which was at eight o’clock this morning, I at once informed the Prime Minister.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The cottage had been standing empty this eight months, and it was a pity, for it was a pretty two-storied place, with an old-fashioned porch and honeysuckle about it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Shortly after our return to England my mother died—she was killed eight years ago in a railway accident near Crewe.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Not alone had those eight months earned him enough money to stay on land for many weeks, but they had enabled him to do a great deal of studying and reading.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We made easy journeys, of not above seven or eight score miles a-day; for Glumdalclitch, on purpose to spare me, complained she was tired with the trotting of the horse.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

One young woman I know left a huge PR job eight years ago to open her own business.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“I offer you eight hundred for him, sir, before the test, sir; eight hundred just as he stands.”

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“This does you credit, Twenty Eight,” returned the questioner.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Took larboard watch eight bells last night; was relieved by Abramoff, but did not go to bunk.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At eight o’clock I had succeeded only in putting the second reef into the foresail.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)