/ eɪt; NAmE /
1.
number 8
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2.
noun a team of eight people who row a long narrow boat in races; the boat they row
—see also figure of eight
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English ehta , eahta , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German acht , from an Indo-European root shared by Latin octo and Greek oktō .