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Plural of eight

regular plural

The plural of eight is eights.

Forms of eight

Singulareight /eɪt/
Pluraleights
Countablecountable

Eights in a sentence

  • The bikers pop wheelies and execute speedy figure eights along the busy street.2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security…. From the entry wheelie
  • We played crazy eights, war, fifty-two card pickup.2004, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven. From the entry war
  • Leg press, squat, circle running, figure eights, single-leg hops, vertical jumps, lateral bounds, one-legged long jumps, and carioca (crossover walking) are some examples.2007, Walter R. Frontera, Clinical Sports Medicine: Medical Management and Rehabilitation, →ISBN. From the entry carioca
  • The Camry interior styling and fit and finish get eights, even from the East German judge, but the Kia's pull solid nines.2007, Car and Driver, volume 52, page 72. From the entry from the East German judge
  • Light-headed we cat-and-moused, throttled down and sped up, weaving figure eights until ten miles from Biarritz, when we learned that even a Lightning Rocket is mortal.2014, Robert Wintner, 1969 and Then Some. From the entry cat-and-mouse

Meaning of eight

  1. numeral A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
  2. numeral Describing a group or set with eight elements.
  3. noun The digit/figure 8.

Full definition of eight

Questions about the plural of eight

What is the plural of eight?
The plural of eight is eights.
Is eight countable?
Eight is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eight (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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