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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/#m1)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «viii» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.