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8
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun 8 has 1 sense
- 8(n = noun.quantity) eight, eighter, eighter from decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad, viii - the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one; Array is a kind of digit, figure
Adjective 8 has 1 sense
- 8(s = adj.all) eight, viii - being one more than seven; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
8, adj.
one more than seven; denoting a quantity consisting of eight items or units; -- representing the number eight as an Arabic numeral [WordNet 1.5]
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