viii

«viii» in Mova's school dictionary: The Roman numeral for 8 — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

numeral (Roman numeral VIII)

meaning for a pupil

The Roman numeral for 8. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history it appears in kings' names, most famously Henry VIII, the English king who had six wives. In maths lessons on Roman numerals, VIII means 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8. It also numbers chapters and clock hours.

examples

• Henry VIII had six wives. tree →
• The clock showed VIII for eight o'clock. tree →
• Turn to chapter VIII. tree →
• VIII is five plus three. tree →
• Pope Urban VIII lived long ago. tree →
• Write 8 in Roman numerals: VIII. tree →

note

Read «Henry VIII» as «Henry the Eighth». Roman numerals add the smaller numbers after V: V + III = VIII. It is not an English word, just a number.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «viii» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.