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nine
[ nahyn ]
noun
- a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a baseball team.
- a playing card with nine pips.
- the Nine, the Muses.
adjective
- amounting to nine in number.
nine
/ Բɪ /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight See also number
- a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it
- Alsonine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight
the play starts at nine
- dressed to the nines or dressed up to the nines informal.elaborately dressed
- 999(in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services
- nine to fivenormal office hours
a nine-to-five job
he works nine to five
determiner
- amounting to nine
nine days
- ( as pronoun )
nine of the ten are ready
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nine1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nine1
Idioms and Phrases
- dressed to the nines, looking one's best; dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.:
All the girls were dressed to the nines for the party.
More idioms and phrases containing nine
see dressed to kill (to the nines) ; on cloud nine ; possession is nine points of the law ; whole nine yards .Example Sentences
This program has since been piloted in nine Dallas metro locations and one store in Missouri, Retail Dive reported.
Leonard scored nine of his 27 points in the same period.
He was scheduled to break from nine, wearing the saddlecloth of 10.
And she did, marrying Lampley and having a son with him before the couple divorced after nine years.
Their daughters - now aged 11 and nine - were two years and 22 days old respectively at the time of their father's death.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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