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“Ate” or “Eight”

ate / eight are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

ate EY·t

  • noungoddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.

eight EY·t

  • nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
  • adjectivebeing one more than seven.
Usage

Examples in context

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“ate”

  • …avoid being detected, they mostly ate the meat raw, often without…
  • …instance, officers on the Neva ate fresh meat, while the lower…
  • …mouldy and rotted, and ants ate all of the collected insects.
  • Poor people ate chicken almost only when they…
  • …one point they killed and ate two buffaloes and hung their…
  • …noun petra (πέτρα in Greek), translated as rock in the phrase…
  • …a now unknown reason, he ate nothing that day.
  • Dingoes Ate My Baby
  • Prisoners ate whatever wild animals they could…
  • …guitarist for the band Dingoes Ate My Baby (a reference to…

“eight”

  • …in three magazines, Twin Earths (eight issues), Twin Earths Sunday Pages…
  • These eight festivals are the most common…
  • …British festal system" consisting of eight holidays: "English social life was…
  • All eight conference teams participate in the
  • …were sentenced to five to eight years in labour camps (gulag).
  • …hope to have six - eight Cover To Cover titles in…
  • The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland…
  • …hour, usually between three and eight minutes in length.
  • On the death of Christopher eight years later, Adolphus' influence secured…
  • So instead, they covered eight songs by other Spanish-speaking artists,…

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