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# viii

numeral (Roman numeral VIII)

«viii» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The Roman numeral for 8. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/#x1)
- The clock showed VIII for eight o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/#x2)
- Turn to chapter VIII. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/#x3)
- VIII is five plus three. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/#x4)
- Pope Urban VIII lived long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/#x5)
- Write 8 in Roman numerals: VIII. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «viii» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«viii» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/viii.html) on Mova free.