nine

[ nahyn ]
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noun
  1. a cardinal number, eight plus one.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.

  1. a set of this many persons or things.

  2. a baseball team.

  3. a playing card with nine pips.

  4. the Nine, the Muses.

adjective
  1. amounting to nine in number.

Idioms about nine

  1. dressed to the nines, looking one's best; dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.: All the girls were dressed to the nines for the party.

Origin of nine

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, nigon, cognate with Dutch negen, akin to German neun,Old Norse nīu,Gothic niun,Latin novem,Greek ennéa,Sanskrit náva

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British Dictionary definitions for nine

nine

/ (naɪn) /


noun
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight: See also number (def. 1)

  2. a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number

  1. something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it

  2. Also: nine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight: the play starts at nine

  3. dressed to the nines or dressed up to the nines informal elaborately dressed

  4. 999 (in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services

  5. nine to five 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

Origin of nine

1
Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem

Other words from nine

  • Related prefix: nona-

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Other Idioms and Phrases with nine

nine

see dressed to kill (to the nines); on cloud nine; possession is nine points of the law; whole nine yards.

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