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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
Also: nine o'clock.nine hours after noon or midnight
the play starts at nine
informalelaborately dressed
(in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services
normal office hours
he works nine to five
a nine-to-five job
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.
Example Sentences
Yes, the boy has been sentenced to seven years, on good behaviour three and a half years - he's served nine months of that already.
Two children aged seven and nine were also taken to hospital as a precaution but are not thought to have been inside the home when the explosion happened.
Van Poortvliet was England's first-choice nine before the 2023 Rugby World Cup but sustained an ankle injury, which forced him to withdraw from the tournament and gave Mitchell an opportunity to stake his claim.
Two children aged seven and nine were also taken to hospital as a precaution, although they are not believed to have been inside the property at the time of the explosion.
The strikes lasted more than nine hours – sending Kyiv residents fleeing to underground shelters from before midnight until after sunrise.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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