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“eight”
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ate (AYT) (verb)
Past tense of "eat": They ate their dinner earlier than usual.
eight (AYT) (adjective)
The cardinal number 8 is equal to 7 + 1: There were eight people waiting for the bus.
eight (AYT) (noun)
The cardinal number (7+1) is also used to designate a specific number of items, individuals, etc.: The group of eight were having dinner together.
Jeremy ate the eight small pieces of chicken that were on his plate.
Later, Caroline saw an octet consuming their food; in other words, she saw eight who ate at the table in the restaurant.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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eight (AYT)
The cardinal number 8, equal to 7 + 1: "There were eight people waiting for the bus."
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“eight”
(Greek > Latin: eight, eighth)
(Greek: from octo-, "eight"; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
(Greek: from octo-, "eight"; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)