Collocations for "eight"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "eight" in context.
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eight
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.cardinal
- the number eight
- [draw, make] a figure eight
- [section, part, page] eight
- [turn to, on] page eight
- the eight of [spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds]
- there are eight in total
- there [are, were] eight of [us, them]
- eight out of every [10, hundred]
- eight in every [10] of (them)
- seven or eight (of them)
- eight or nine (of them)
- eight plus [one] [equals, is, makes] [nine]
- eight [minus, take away] [two] [equals] [six]
- eight [times, multiplied by] [two] [equals] [16]
- [multiply, times, divide] it by eight
- [picked, dealt, played, scored, put down, threw away] an eight
- [need, require] another eight
- no [more, fewer] than eight
- [children, boys, girls] of eight
- the clock struck eight
- [at, on] the stroke of eight
- [half, 20, ten] past eight
- it [starts, finishes] at eight
- we [met, left, set off] at eight
- the [movie, game, lesson] starts at eight
- (at) eight in the [morning, evening]
- eight [A.M., P.M., o'clock]
- there are eight [missing, hurt, injured]
- eight [minutes, hours, months, years]
- eight [minutes] [later, after, ago, before]
- took me five [minutes] (to)
- [just, only] eight (more, hours, pieces) left
- [there are, is divided into] eight [pieces, parts, chapters]
- is eight years old
- turned eight (years old) (today)
- will [be, turn] eight (years old) (tomorrow)
- an eight-year-old [child, movie]
- eight new members (have joined)
- on (more) than eight separate occasions
- [wasted, spent, worth] eight thousand dollars
- do eight more [sit ups, push ups]
- [about, approximately, around, near] eight
- eight of us are going to [go, try, see]
- [pot, strike, miss] the eight ball
'eight' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
athlete
- competitor
- cue
- dentist
- departure
- elevator
- forty
- four
- fourteen
- lane
- leap
- long
- mansion
- manslaughter
- minus
- module
- nine
- number
- ounce
- password
- pocket
- pound
- rebound
- section
- seven
- shift
- sleep
- soap
- special
- spider
- squeeze
- station
- stone
- subject
- tonight